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Secret of life
When writer Tom Roberts of the National Catholic Reporter interviewed Sister Joan Chittister, a Benedictine nun who speaks her mind to her church, she said “it’s time” to open the…
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Reader call: Part 2
For a story in an upcoming issue of this magazine, we want to know: Are you a pastor or church worker who supplements your income with additional jobs? If so,…
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Racism on campus
Lutheran Campus Ministry programs are uniquely positioned to create and hold space for hard, important conversations like confronting racism, said Kate Reuer Welton, campus pastor at the University of Minnesota–Twin…
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Calling ‘racism’ a sin
In an effort to continue understanding the complexity and implications of racism, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton will be featured in a live webcast Jan. 14, at 8 p.m. (CDT)….
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Do science and religion conflict? It’s all how you ‘see’ it
Most Americans see a conflict between the findings of science and the teachings of religion, but “see” is the operative word in a Pew Research Center report issued in October….
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7th church fire in Mo.
On Oct. 21, a seventh church in St. Louis was the latest in a rash of arson fires that had been directed predominantly at African-American congregations. But the Shrine of…
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On to greater unity
Drawing on 50 years of national and international dialogue, Lutherans and Catholics on Oct. 30 made available “Declaration on the Way: Church, Ministry and Eucharist,” an ecumenical document that marks…
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Act of solidarity
Some male pastors of the Seventh-day Adventist Church are changing their credentials in an act of solidarity. The protest has occurred in several U.S. states after the global denomination voted…
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Public citizen award
Ann E. Helmke, an ELCA pastor from San Antonio, received the Public Citizen of the Year Award from the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Helmke is director of spiritual…
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New chair for bishops
William O. Gafkjen, bishop of the Indiana-Kentucky Synod, was elected chair of the ELCA Conference of Bishops at its Oct. 1-6 meeting in Chicago. The conference is an advisory body…
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Historic ordination
For the first time in its history, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh, an ELCA companion in India, ordained four women this fall. “Finally, after a long wait my…
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Gissendaner sings while executed
Kelly Gissendaner, 47, featured in the October issue of The Lutheran, was reportedly singing “Amazing Grace” as she was put to death just after midnight Sept. 30 near Jackson, Ga….
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