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ELCA, Luther on advocacy

Luther and Reformation leaders on advocacy The Forgotten Luther: Reclaiming the Social-Economic Dimension of the Reformation, edited by Carter Lindberg and Paul Wee (Lutheran University Press, 2016) Chapters in this…

Big look at Small Catechism
From The Presiding Bishop

Big look at Small Catechism

Editor’s note: This is reprint of ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton’s column from July 2014. Just as she did at the 2016 Churchwide Assembly, Eaton encourages people to “dust off”…

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Faith in Action

‘God’s work. Our hands.’ Sunday – 2016

On Sunday, Sept. 11, thousands of Lutherans came together to put their faith in action as part of “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday, the ELCA’s annual dedicated day of service. The…

9/11 remembered: Building on the spirit
Voices of Faith

9/11 remembered: Building on the spirit

Building on the spirit After 9/11, Salam Arabic Lutheran Church in Brooklyn, N.Y., led the efforts to unify its diverse Bay Ridge neighborhood of Christians, Muslims and Jews. Today, Khader…

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9/11 remembered: The work isn’t done

The work isn’t done It’s 15 years later and Tom Taylor, a counselor and pastor of St. John Lutheran Church, Lindenhurst, N.Y., still works with first responders and families affected…

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15 years later: 9/11 remembered

This month Lutherans around the country will reflect on the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pa., remembering where they were and what they did…

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9/11 remembered: The tragedy isn’t the end

The tragedy isn’t the end While a lot has changed in the 15 years since 9/11, some things are still too familiar for Daniel Nigro, commissioner of the New York…

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9/11 remembered: Trauma connections

Trauma connections Martha Jacobi, a pastoral psychotherapist in private practice and a pastor of St. Luke Lutheran Church, Manhattan, is an expert in trauma. Today she still helps New Yorkers…

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9/11 remembered: Grace at ground zero

Grace at ground zero “It changed my life and my ministry. It’s with me every day, wherever I go,” said Stephen Bouman, who was bishop of the Metropolitan New York…

Assembly: On the way
Faith in Action

Assembly: On the way

Embracing what many called a special moment in ecumenical history, the Churchwide Assembly endorsed a document listing 32 points of agreement with the Roman Catholic Church, declaring that some issues…

What it means to be Lutheran
From The Presiding Bishop

What it means to be Lutheran

Lutherans don’t often garner much media attention. In this country we don’t make up a big segment of the population. When groups of Lutherans began arriving on these shores in…