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Hephatha Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, Wis. Author of Aidan: The Lead-Free Superhero, Coalition on Lead Emergency organizer, lead awareness advocate. I have been a member of Hephatha Lutheran Church since I…
Hephatha Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, Wis. Author of Aidan: The Lead-Free Superhero, Coalition on Lead Emergency organizer, lead awareness advocate. I have been a member of Hephatha Lutheran Church since I…
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…
Luther Memorial Church, Chicago. Executive secretary, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, retired I am a member of Luther Memorial Church, Chicago. I started attending services in 1957 when I and…
St. Paul Lutheran Church, Davenport, Iowa Senior, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Exercise Science major and Luther baseball second baseman My home congregation is the same church my parents grew up…
As we wrapped up 2022, we took a look at some of our top stories from the year. Below are Living Lutheran‘s five most-read articles from the last 12 months….
Associate member, Grace Lutheran Church, Giddings, Texas Pitmaster, Snow’s BBQ, Lexington, Texas Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Giddings, Texas, is my home church, but I attend regularly at Grace too….
First Lutheran Church, Redlands, Calif. Respiratory care practitioner and registered respiratory therapist Growing up, I was one of nine children, born in the village of Takita, Eritrea, which was then…
St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Oak Harbor, Ohio Elementary general music teacher Attending church with my mom and grandparents is one of my earliest memories. My grandmother would hold me…
Minnesota Swahili Christian Congregation (housed at Holy Trinity Lutheran), Minneapolis Business financing I moved to Minnesota in July 1998 after graduating from Waldorf University, Forest City, Iowa (then the ELCA’s…
Summer Memorial Lutheran Church, Newberry, S.C. Self-employed in family business and volunteer fire chief I was baptized at Summer Memorial in 1989. Four generations of my family currently attend this…
Our Saviour Lutheran Church, Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation in Montana Emergency medical technician, member of the Chippewa Cree Council of Rocky Boy and of the ELCA Church Council I’ve been the…
Artist. Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Crestview Hills-Lakeside Park, Ky. There has never been a time in my life when I wasn’t talking to Jesus every day. I was reared…
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