Daniel J. Lehmann
Editor
I am a lifelong Lutheran with decades of experience in secular journalism. Like many of you, I’m interested in the theological and historical roots of our faith and how that plays out in the contemporary world. I want to know what our church members and leaders are thinking, what other Lutherans are doing, how religion in general influences and is impacted by culture.
My favorite reading materials are newspapers, specialty magazines and non-fiction. I work hard, but never skip vacations in order to regroup.
I’ve been blessed with a spouse of 40 years, two children and seven grandchildren. My church is a focal point of life in Chicago. I answer my own phone, and respond to e-mail and letters (but usually not spleen-venting tirades).
And I'm a fan of the White Sox, Bears, Blackhawks and Bulls, as well as the Art Institute, Field Museum, the lakefront and Millennium Park. Chicago's my kind of town.
Articles by Daniel J. Lehmann:
- A to-do list for the year ahead
No shortage of challenges - Christmas greetings
Range of joys, concerns for 2010 - Tale behind church list
Keep informed on withdrawals - Just one more Lutheran body
No special treatment for NALC - The times are changing
ELCA preps for the future - Reasons behind these decisions
On letters, suicide & war - New voice,vision in column
Marty to look at faith-filled life - LIFT wants to hear from you
Looking at the future of the church - Upbeat stories rule this month
With one sobering exception - Cover story full of risks
Vote fallout must be addressed - Doing good, doing it right
Haiti relief comes naturally - Faith stories worth telling
Bible witness alive -- today - Moving on with less
Hope still rings in a new year - Confronting change
The 'other' brings a few surprises - Effort to get it right
Taking a few lumps along the way - Focus on big picture
Work of the church hasn't stopped - What now, ELCA?
Rush to judgment not in collective best interest - Off to the assembly
But first a few words about other news - Assembly lessons
Voting members speak in various ways - Listen and learn
Eighth Commandment worth pondering - Get informed
Sexuality documents 8 years in making - Divining right course
Church tested by divergent views - Checking facts in the Holy Land
Bishops hope to increase awareness in synods - Communicating hope
Looking for light in a dim world - Winter's discontent
Yet faith can grow in this bleak time - New year, fresh start
Opportunity, challenge abound - A Christmas letter
Some endings in '08, beginnings in '09 - Race and justice
Coming to grips with life experiences of others - Lutheran course work
Mini-series bolsters identity - U.S. a divided house
Religion tempers political views - Quality summer read
Liturgy, social ministry take center stage - Connecting the dots
Cover piece, format tell stories of the ELCA - No surprises
Articles meant to spark discussion - Facing reality
Content shift on the way - Opportunity knocks
Reaching out to baby boomers - Seeing all angles
Best efforts not always enough - Words pack a punch
Emotion, action just two responses - 20, going on 178
Magazine changes with the times - A Christmas letter
Success, setbacks mark year - Numbers up, down
Schools solid, worship attendance a challenge - Past, present, future
Wide range of issues and rarely dull - A good family
Waters of baptism still bind - Heading for the pier
Churchwide Assembly time of joy, patience - Do not blink
Avoiding, ignoring tough issues doesn't work - Facing 'competition'
Our role: General interest religious magazine - 'The Little Lutheran'
New magazine to help raise children of faith - Calling all members
Magazine working to grow reader base - Our walk with others
No easy answers to interreligious questions - In search of unity
Divisions demand effort by all - Adding up good, bad
Numbers tell us much about life in the ELCA
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Blogs by Daniel J. Lehmann: (Read All)
- Hanson: Talk to one another
- Day of decision
- Something to sing about
- Close as it gets, times two
- Nearly unanimous: Malaria must go
- And they're off
- On to Churchwide Assembly
- Dash to the finish
- Tree power
- On the 7th day they rested
- Tough streets of the city
- All quiet — sort of — in the church
- Rocket casualty
- A day in Jerusalem
- Gather at the river
- Meetings, mountains, delays
- Confirmation day
- The group has landed
- Draft social statement on sexuality now available
- A tradition in music
- Working the mission fields of Kansas
- Gone but never forgotten
- What I learned at synod assemblies
- What do you want to read about?
- Making a case for a subscription
- A letter from LSS of Wisconsin & Upper Michigan
- In the service of others
- My kind of business
- The young shall lead them
- Easter and Christmas sales
- A joyful noise
- The hope of Lent
- Advisory committee at work
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