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Faith in Action

Adoption changed their lives

Natalia Parker, 36, was 7 days old when she was adopted. Since her youth, she has known she wanted to adopt children. After Parker and her husband, Ron, had two…

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Faith in Action

Myths about today’s young adults

As a church, we need to avoid generalizing about millennials.

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Voices of Faith

Unlocking the faith of college students

This week Brian Beckstrom, campus pastor at Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa, reflects on the many challenges facing first-year students and how faith plays a role.

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Faith in Action

Her idea

Sozi is a creative girl whose head is swarming with hundreds of ideas. Alas, when she decides to begin a work of art, her wandering mind refuses to stay focused….

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Voices of Faith

Youth Gathering serves, highlights Christ

One of our youth became sick during closing worship of the Youth Gathering (page 16). Waiting outside the medical area, two women who work at the Ford Center asked if…

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Mission & Ministry

A month of peaceful dialogue

Shaina Lidd, a Jewish American, and Mathilda Nassar, a Lutheran from the occupied West Bank, have a friendship that might seem unlikely to some. When they met and Nassar said…

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Faith in Action

The art of tradition

Whether it be caroling with the church choir, baking Christmas cookies for neighbors or making a day of selecting the perfect blue spruce to chop down and decorate, Christmas traditions…