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Mission & Ministry

Fundraising via social media

One growing area of raising money is called “peer-to-peer fundraising.” This approach invites individuals or groups to support a cause by contributing to a giving goal. For example, you may…

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Living Faithfully

The best professional development I never wanted

Like millions of others, I lost my job in 2009 due to the recession. After 17 years with an international aid organization, I believed on some level that I was…

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Living Faithfully

Sharing our stories of faith

Recording them could be a powerful congregational project.

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Living Faithfully

What it means to be Lutheran

We can serve our neighbor freely because our trust is in God.

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Living Faithfully

What if pastor and I disagree?

I hope you will both listen to one another in love, not in anger.

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Voices of Faith

Luther’s Small Catechism: Tasting it again for the first time

The old advertisement for Kellogg’s Corn Flakes (“taste them again for the first time”) helps introduce Martin Luther’s Small Catechism, in part because many Lutheran adults—having been subjected to it…

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Living Faithfully

‘Church and state must intersect’

After another mass shooting, what do Lutherans need to do?

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Voices of Faith

‘And yet … the shootings go on’

The tragedies defy all of our thoughts and all of our prayers.

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Living Faithfully

Luther’s remarkable gift to us

His Small Catechism provides insight into the life of faith.

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Living Faithfully

A bishop, a farmer and shared lament

I had a bad feeling it was coming. I’ve watched beautiful fields of sweet corn stand unharvested in Southwestern Minnesota. It’s a story from the prairie that isn’t often told….

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Living Faithfully

I felt like I was unacceptable

A pastor’s offer of welcoming accommodation is rejected.