# @apnews on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd2dLnhDvtn
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71369634-apnews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-29T00:19:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Associated Press (@AP) — https://gondola.cc/AP

## Caption

There’s nothing unusual about posting writings to church doors — that’s how tradition says the Protestant Reformation got started in 16th-century Germany.

But for the last few decades, U.S. pastors have gotten creative, aiming to brighten a commuter’s day, spur a reflection while chauffeuring to football practice, and maybe persuade a lapsed Christian or two that it’s not all fire and brimstone inside.

“It’s a way to bring something lighter in the world,” says the Rev. Karna Moskalik of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, in the historic river town of Stillwater, Minnesota.

Read more about church signs and other American Objects at the link in bio.

#APPhotos by Brandi Simons, Giovanna Dell'Orto, Amy Sancetta and Bob Bird

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