Still loving what we cannot save
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Still loving what we cannot save

The only time I tried to hurt my brother—who was older, stronger and didn’t try to hurt me back because it would have been too easy—was in high school when…
I’m a Lutheran: Darlene Kaiser
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I’m a Lutheran: Darlene Kaiser

Reformation Evangelical Lutheran Church, Orlando, Fla. Parish deacon at Reformation and volunteer manager at Cornerstone Hospice in Orange County I was baptized as an infant, confirmed and married at Reformation….
Calls for compassion in the films of 2021
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Calls for compassion in the films of 2021

For the first 30 minutes of Mass, nothing much happens. Sitting in the nondescript basement of a Midwestern church, two couples—Jay and Gail (Jason Isaacs and Martha Plimpton) and Richard…
The gift from Corinth
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The gift from Corinth

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Feb. 22, 2018. Starting early in the Epiphany season and stretching long into summer Sundays, the lectionary leads us through the apostle…
Climate care on the world’s largest stage
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Climate care on the world’s largest stage

Climate is changing. There is no debate about that. The discussion, instead, stems from what, if anything, humanity should do to combat climate change. To dive into that issue, people…
“And with all the (modern) saints”
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“And with all the (modern) saints”

Growing up Protestant, I didn’t think much about saints. I saw depictions of them, mostly in The Beginner’s Bible, but they looked like cartoons. I didn’t wonder about the other…