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Rape and redemption:
You in us are bruised and broken: hear us as we seek release from the pain of earlier living; set us free and grant us peace. “God, When Human Bonds…
Mission & Ministry
To have and to hold
During this wedding season we’re often reminded that 40 to 50 percent of first marriages will fail because some couples prepared endlessly for their wedding day but weren’t ready for…
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Lutherans ‘light the darkness’ for Muslim neighbors
In several neighborhoods of Minnesota and Northwest Washington, Lutherans this week placed outside their homes, and on church lawns, signs wishing Muslim neighbors a blessed Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth…
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See how children experience church through this ‘Pray-Ground’
How do we make it abundantly clear that children are welcome in worship? This is the question Andrea Roske-Metcalfe, a pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, Apple Valley, Minn., posed when…
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Cat’s in the cradle & my son is a grad
My son, Seth, graduated from high school a few days ago. Harry Chapin’s “Cat’s in the Cradle” keeps popping up in my head every time I pause to catch my…
Voices of Faith
I’m a Lutheran: Rick Steves
“I’m a Lutheran” is a monthly profile featuring ELCA members around the world. The profiles showcase ELCA members in all their diversity, connecting one another through individual faith stories as…
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ELCA Reformation grants awarded
The ELCA Reformation Anniversary Grant Program, from the Thrivent Financial Foundation Reformation Anniversary Grant, has awarded 19 grants to assist with 500th anniversary observances. Support has gone to those who…
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10-year-old wears tie and spirit of welcome
Zachary Fetter looks like your average 10-year-old: he bowls, sings in his elementary school chorus, is interested in model railroads and trolleys, and his buddies call him by a cool…
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Psalmist or physicist?
You could consider Steve Nahn a modern-day psalmist. David, the writer of Psalm 8, pondered with wonder: “When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon…
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A hands-on approach to evangelism
Frances Blatchley remembers as a child pretending she was a nurse. “It was all I ever wanted to be from the time I was little,” she said. “My poor mother…
Mission & Ministry
Religion and radio
Jason DeRose has known he wanted to be a journalist since the sixth grade, so he was as surprised as anyone to find himself at the University of Chicago earning…
Voices of Faith
Touch
I went to see her with a baby strapped to my chest. She was the oldest member of the congregation at the time, some 98 years old. My son was…
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