Elizabeth Hunter

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I'm an associate editor for The Lutheran. I also serve as editor of The Little Lutheran and its sister publication, The Little Christian. Both are intended to nurture the faith of people aged 6 and younger. Check it out, subscribe and let us know what you think. Amber Leberman (who art directs the children's magazines) and I are open to making changes based on your suggestions.

My favorite part of this calling is leaving my desk to visit other ELCA members who serve in congregations and church-related ministries. I enjoy hearing about their vocations, joys, challenges, and how Christ keeps them going.

I attend Holy Family Lutheran Church in Chicago, with my two sons, ages 6 and 3, who love stories, music and the church—just like their mom.

• Meet a hymnwriter
  Susan Cherwien shares ‘old truths in new words’
• A tale of two seminarians
  The economy of theological education, then and now
• ‘Mighty Fortress’ not a tavern song
  Separating fact from fiction
• Favorite hymns
  Readers say sacred songs made the difference
• Care without walls
  Lutheran agency helps Ohio seniors recuperate
• On each shelf, many stories
  ELCA Archives show the life of the church, then and now
• ELCA response to Sandy will continue ...'Until the work is done'
• Faith & criminal justice
  Task force members share their hopes
• LSTC welcomes Valparaiso campus
  Follows the trend of ELCA seminary and college partnerships
• Vacation Bible or Sunday school, Tanganyika-style
  In 1962, Tanzania was still named Tanganyika
• Two rabbits for two neighbors
  Children of Lutheran pastors enjoyed playing together
• Lutheran hospital's gift horse
  Norwegian deaconess drove a clever bargain
• ELCA senior living sparks imaginations
  Art and drama programs help those with Alzheimer's and dementia share their memories
• It's smart to 'Be Well'
  This S.C. Lutheran retirement community strengthens seniors
• The Little Lutheran, then and now
  Two different issues, 60 years apart
• What do you know about criminal justice?
  Read the ELCA's draft social statement, ready March 15
• Now the zampoña, charango, flauta and bombo!
  Peruvian Lutherans strike a chord in their neighborhood
• Community connections
  ELCA colleges make life better for their neighbors
• Women of the ELCA respond
  ... by making room for newcomers, healing, prophecy and action
• Convention business
  New leaders elected, budget approved
• Gettysburg, Luther & Odyssey join forces
• Papua New Guinea: Leadership & mission
• High-tech and grace-filled
  Senior care provider helps people live well and longer at home
• Why we should care about Pakistan
  A Q&A with Charles Amjad-Ali
• Turning the page
  Lutheran agency helps women read to children -- from prison
• At 6:33 p.m....
  One congregation knows what all of its members are doing
• Something to crow about
  Animal therapy results in prize-winning project
• Hospitality: It takes guts
  Are we up to the challenge?
• 'A lot to give'
  ELCA-affiliated Mosaic serves seniors with developmental disabilities
• Paying it forward
  This includes thanking God, say U.S. and Tanzanian Lutherans
• Disaster personal for ELCA leader
  When global disaster recovery is your job, what happens when tragedy hits home?
• Hearts for Haiti
  Generosity, grief and hope span the ELCA
• First step: Just show up
  Then ask this of social media: Why do it?
• 'No one person owns the ministry'
  Lutherans in Peru 'get' youth ministry
• Council cuts $7.7 million, churchwide staff
  Eases reinstatement process for some clergy
• CORE taking a discernment year
  Members may stay or leave, speakers say
• By leaps and bounds
  Future leaders learn healthy habits can begin at seminary
• Market downturn leads to pension changes
• They were 'cool'
  In Argentina, a Lutheran ministry creates community, with a 'loud' voice
• 'Grace Matters' canceled
  Part of $1.5 million churchwide cuts
• Toward church unity
  The state and future of ecumenism in the ELCA
• Crisis affects ELCA schools
• Going 'trayless'
  ELCA colleges embrace green trend
• Women 'come to the waters'
  Women of the ELCA triennial participants hear calls for bold action
• 'Growing seed' from The Little Lutheran
• Emergents: A sense of play
• Door openers
  Emerging churches renew Lutheran traditions & provide new entry points
• ELCA Church Council affirms malaria work
• Peace at last?
  In Uganda, Lutherans walk with war-torn people
• Draft of human sexuality social statement due in March
  Church in Society staff offer a primer on the document

• J.K. Rowling believes in God
• Remembering the fourth commandment
• A sermon about true peace
• The ELCA partners with ... Angelina Jolie
• Grandpa saved by a Blue Angel
• Northeastern Ohio Synod elects new bishop
• Luther knew something about difficult drop-offs
• Evangelism shouldn't put them to sleep
• ELCA, others work against HIV and AIDS
• Gardens offer scratch 'n sniff Bible experience
• California Lutheran University president shares his hopes for the campus
• NBC & VeggieTales: Should we throw tomatoes?
• Lutherans are partly responsible for a shift in refugee resettlement
• What was pruned from the story: a gardener's lessons for life
• Bethel Lutheran, Noblesville, Ind., has nearly doubled in size
• Farmers overheard at a truck-stop
• Suffering and hope
• Our refrigerator looks different this year
• Cyber-bullies
• Sermon notes
• Riding along through Germany
• During a gas leak in Lansdale, Pa., neighbors breathe easy at an ELCA VBS
• More plea than blog
• Movie recommendations for Jack
• Martin Adler, The Lutheran contributor dies
• Summer family
• Father's Day immigration debate
• What does our brand of Lutheranism say?
• Lawrence Clark to direct Lutheran Theological Center in Atlanta
• Immigrants built Augustana Lutheran Church (Andover, Ill.) to last
• Where moms have it best
• ELCA congregation's chimes disturb, delight Duluth neighbors
• 'Something different' about this congregation's furniture, worship
• Where pastors and imams 'bend it like Beckham'
• What you have first given us
• ELCA Montana Synod: Nguyen embodies spirit of hope
• May Day
• Texas Lutheran University receives $1.4 million from AT&T
• A cousin, a comment, some bishoply calls....and now we have a Nobel Peace Prize Forum
• What I learned in first communion class
• Praying with our eyes open
• Immigration: Should we care?
• ELCA endowment gives $75,000 to a Chicago community center
• Waldorf College students volunteer in Gulf Coast
• County mistake taxes Atlanta congregation
• paddy-what?
• St. Olaf College president to lead Moravian college & seminary
• Midwest tornadoes
• Thick skin
• Update: Tsunami relief continues