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Faith in Action

What is your story?

A simple question can open hearts and can lead to profound answers.

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Faith and fear on Halloween

How does the night of costumes and candy fit into a life of faith?

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Celebrating and (re)forming

The Reformation lives in our continued examination of our faith.

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Partners in ministry

Needing respite from Seattle’s daily grind, Christoph Schmidt embarked on a journey to Holden Village in 2005. The retreat center in the Cascade Mountains offered him the chance to recharge…

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Women of purpose

Sarah Abendanon just bought a winter coat. “It is heavy, and I feel so big in it,” said the freshman at Augsburg College, Minneapolis. Used to the tropical weather of…

Mission & Ministry

Neuroscience 101: A crash course

Within the human brain, we have billions of cells called neurons that make up the brain’s gray matter. Neurons have several structures called dendrites that resemble the multitude of bare…

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Formerly jobless and better for it

A recession-forced exploration of vocation was life-changing.

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Being relevant an ongoing task

Journalism is an art when, at its best, it not only “tells it like it is” but also offers the possibilities of what could be. At the same time, the…

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The best professional development I never wanted

Like millions of others, I lost my job in 2009 due to the recession. After 17 years with an international aid organization, I believed on some level that I was…

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Sharing our stories of faith

Recording them could be a powerful congregational project.

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What it means to be Lutheran

We can serve our neighbor freely because our trust is in God.

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What if pastor and I disagree?

I hope you will both listen to one another in love, not in anger.