I’m a Lutheran: Peyton Lindmark
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I’m a Lutheran: Peyton Lindmark

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…

Top five articles from 2022
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Top five articles from 2022

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….

I’m a Lutheran: Norma Frances “Tootsie” Tomanetz
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I’m a Lutheran: Norma Frances “Tootsie” Tomanetz

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….

I’m a Lutheran: Cheryl Sandrock
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I’m a Lutheran: Cheryl Sandrock

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…

I’m a Lutheran: Emma Kasiga
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I’m a Lutheran: Emma Kasiga

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…

I’m a Lutheran: Daniel Werts
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I’m a Lutheran: Daniel Werts

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…

I’m a Lutheran: Tom Bluemlein
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I’m a Lutheran: Tom Bluemlein

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…

I’m a Lutheran: Joel McKinnon Miller
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I’m a Lutheran: Joel McKinnon Miller

Actor. A lifelong Lutheran, he currently isn’t a member of an individual congregation but continues to be affiliated with the ELCA. When I was a little boy and we would…

I’m a Lutheran: Michelle H. Martin
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I’m a Lutheran: Michelle H. Martin

Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle Beverly Cleary Endowed Professor in Children and Youth Services and chair of the library and information science program at the University of Washington, Seattle; co-founder…

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….