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Backpack, and people, blessings

It’s not just students with bags who can benefit from it.

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Coping with spiritual dog days

There are ways to navigate such times until there is a break.

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I learned to hide my true nature

Bishop Kevin Kanouse’s July 18 letter to members of his synod.

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Threatened with resurrection

The Youth Gathering’s mission rises up outside a Dairy Queen.

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Doing more with less

Seven years ago, the softball team manager of Woodlake Lutheran Church in Richfield, Minn., faced a challenge. While the congregation once boasted a strong team, declining membership no longer made…

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The ripple effect

Herman Fink, a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Corsica, S.D., said he has “no illusions of being an evangelist.” But for more than 20 years, Fink and others…

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Ecumenism blossoms in Georgia

Full fellowship between Lutherans in the ELCA and Episcopalians was declared in 1999 and has resulted in many cooperative ministries and the sharing of pastors. In the last few years,…

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Hurricane Katrina: Ten years later

Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, wreaking havoc from the Florida Panhandle to western Louisiana and killing 1,833 people. Approximately 90,000-square miles were declared federal disaster…

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Church relies on retired pastors

Yellow Lake Lutheran Church sits among the oaks and pines on County Road U, halfway between Webster and Danbury in northwest Wisconsin. Some 15 years ago, Yellow Lake would have…

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Sit in the front pew and pray

In the aftermath of a flood or tornado, it’s easy to see the devastation. But the recent avian influenza outbreak has hit hard, undermining small-town economies while leaving no visible…

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Friendship, service and fun

The 2015 ELCA Youth Gathering begins Wednesday in Detroit.

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Called to gather in Detroit

More than 28,500 ELCA youth and adults will ‘Rise Up Together.’