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The Cover We Didn’t Choose
As Lutherans, we believe “that God has made me and all creatures; that He has given me my body and soul, eyes, ears, and all my members, my reason and all my senses, and still takes care of them” (SC II 1). We confess, moreover, that mankind was created “in the image of God” (Gen. ...
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The View from Here: Being “Little” Means a Lot
by Dr. Lane R. Seitz This past Sunday I worshiped in one of the smaller congregations in our district. There ...
A Sleeping-Mat Ministry: Bringing Comfort to the Homeless
by Sandy Wood From Chicago to Ghana and in between, a ministry carrying Christ’s love and a cushioned place to ...
Lutherans Still Making Impact in New Orleans—and Beyond—Five Years after Katrina
by Paula Schlueter Ross It’s been five years since the Aug. 29, 2005, landfall of Hurricane Katrina. And today–even with ...
Am I Willing to Take a Stand?
by Rev. Ken Lampe It’s popular today to talk about being spiritual but not religious. Some people want to be ...
A Mother’s Touch; a Mother’s Heart
by Cindy Steinbeck Newkirk Barbara Amelia Matthes wrote an incredible memoir of her life journey before she died. My mind’s ...
Lutherans? Reformed? A Thumbnail History
by Dr. Albert B. Collver In John 17:11, Jesus prayed to His Father that the Church “may be one, even as ...