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Mission & Ministry

Curiousity

Pick up any modern convenience that you consider useful — a cellphone, zippered sweater, electric toothbrush — and you can be sure that object, in its original form, started out…
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From The Presiding Bishop

Time to get to know each other

Sometimes I just don’t get us. We are the least likely of all people to speak enthusiastically about our church. I don’t know if it is some cross-cultural Lutheran modesty…
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Spiritual Resources

Enrich your prayer life with yoga

Why not pray with our whole bodies? Why not pray with our whole selves?
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Living Faithfully

We are the magi and light

As we journey, may we not weary as we wander through our nights.
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Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Surprise! God has called you

And it’s all a mystery and a miracle why God calls us, any of us.
Extending an invitation to church
Voices of Faith

Extending an invitation to church

The world has yearnings, and our churches can answer some of them.
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Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: In Christ we have known God

To know God is to know the riches of God’s grace lavished on us.
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Living Faithfully

Starting fresh

Photos by Kathryn Brewer These are just a few of the things readers found when cleaning out church cupboards and closets, basements and attics: Mimeograph supplies. A poker table. A…
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Living Faithfully

Church Council looks to future

Meeting in Chicago Nov. 12-15, the ELCA Church Council took action on a variety of matters it hopes will move forward the church’s mission and ministries. The council adopted a…
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Mission & Ministry

Faith, fellowship and dialogue

On a map, the three obscure countries nestled on the Caribbean coast of South America seem closely connected. In reality, “the three Guianas” — French Guiana (a province of France),…