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Voices of Faith
Cravings for Christmas
If you’re a certain kind of person, the phrase “Turkish delight” automatically makes you think of a snowy day in a fictional wood—and a young boy willing to sell out…
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A song after silence
Nine months have passed since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. We’ve grown weary of quarantines, closures and physical distancing. Some of us may be longing for the noises of life…
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I’m a Lutheran: Susanna Black
Calvary Lutheran Church, Concord, N.C. Weekend anchor and reporter, WSOC-TV (Charlotte, N.C.), and member of Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton’s advisory council My congregation has been a cornerstone for my family….
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What nourishes us
I will satisfy the weary, and all who are faint I will replenish (Jeremiah 31:25). I find out my father has cancer on Palm Sunday. My son and niece, both…
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Recipe for action
If you’ve tried your hand at baking during the pandemic, you aren’t alone. A business report showed that sales of yeast increased 647% during March, and some stores still can’t…
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Filled with the Holy Spirit
It was June 11, 1992. My husband, Judd, and I were traveling to the La Crosse Area Synod Assembly, where I was one of the final nominees for bishop. My…
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A blessing for clergywomen
Editor’s note: This year the ELCA celebrates 50 years of Lutheran women’s ordination in the United States, 40 years of the ordination of Lutheran women of color and 10 years…
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Sharing faith and food
Editor’s note: This August, we invited ELCA synod bishops to send us their favorite food and faith stories. This story is a sidebar for our November lead feature, “Taste and…
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“God shows up”
In the five years leading up to the 50th anniversary of Lutheran women’s ordination in the United States this year, I interviewed 85 female ELCA pastors serving across the Southeast….
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Taste and see
Do you have a favorite memory that pops up whenever a certain meal arrives? Many of us have those memories tied to the holidays, family gatherings or monumental occasions that…
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Blessedness and thankfulness
These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb (Revelation 7:14). This verse,…
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Feasting in the age of COVID
When the country began to shut down as a result of COVID-19 and I started staying at home, I first turned to movies about food. I’ve worked as a food…
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