I’m a Lutheran: Fuad Nijim
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I’m a Lutheran: Fuad Nijim

Editor’s note: As we near the end of April, we are reposting Fuad Nijim’s “I’m a Lutheran” column to celebrate Arab and Middle Eastern heritage. See also “A conversation with…
Short stories and small comforts
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Short stories and small comforts

Eric Krewson started his band the Chairman Dances just after completing a musicology program in 2010. Around the same time, he was experiencing what he calls a spiritual reawakening, and…
My faith journey: Creation does comfort
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My faith journey: Creation does comfort

Editor’s note: Carol Soderholm, a retired ELCA pastor, and her husband, Paul, own restored prairie land in Northern Illinois. This is their home and a place of living worship that…
My faith journey: Glimpsing God’s mind
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My faith journey: Glimpsing God’s mind

“[Science] is glimpsing God’s mind and being in awe of it.” —Francis Collins, to the Templeton Foundation For most of my life I had no interest in science. I considered…
Quakes, fear and joy
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Quakes, fear and joy

I’d always skimmed over the earthquake in Matthew’s resurrection story (28:1-10) until I was in “a big one.” I live in Alaska. There hadn’t been “a big one” in my…
My faith journey: A welcoming church for a transgender woman
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My faith journey: A welcoming church for a transgender woman

I am a transgender woman. I’m also a person of faith—an active member of and leader in my ELCA congregation. I’m sure the Lord guided my journey toward becoming a…
The bemusing board-game beauty of the Bible
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The bemusing board-game beauty of the Bible

My middle daughter, Marta, is 4 feet, 11 inches tall. In 1988 my wife and I adopted her from a Roman Catholic orphanage in San Salvador when she was 11…