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Future Issues

Editor's note: This schedule is subject to change due to breaking news or other events.


April 2010: Fallout/status from the sexuality votes at Churchwide Assembly.

Contact Daniel J. Lehmann by February 1, 2010 with your questions or suggestions about this theme.

May 2010: The meaning of hospitality: It’s more than food and a comfy bed. It is about standing side-by-side with someone you may not agree with, may not understand, or don’t even like.

Contact Elizabeth Hunter by February 15, 2010 with your questions or suggestions about this theme.

June 2010: The modern church/Bible camp.

Contact Julie B. Sevig by March 15, 2009 with your questions or suggestions about this theme.

July 2010: Ministering to today’s military. How Lutherans provide and benefit from ELCA organizations' spiritual and other care for military members and their families. Witness the work on many fronts of: ELCA military chaplains, congregations, synods, social service agencies, seminaries and colleges, outdoor ministries and more.

Contact Elizabeth Hunter by April 15, 2010 with your questions or suggestions about this theme.

August 2010: (This cover story was formerly scheduled for the March issue, but was pre-empted by Haiti earthquake coverage.) The Bible in the new context of American popular culture (primarily music, movies, TV). The church can learn something about how the Bible itself is perceived in the wider culture.

Contact Julie B. Sevig by March 15, 2010 with your questions or suggestions about this theme.

August 2010: Faith in decision-making: how do the Bible and Lutheran theology shape, influence choices in complex issues about health/illness, parenting, finances, etc.?

Contact Daniel J. Lehmann by May 15, 2010 with your questions or suggestions about this theme.

September 2010: This year is the 40th anniversary of women’s ordination: What’s changed, what hasn’t?

Contact Julie B. Sevig by June 15, 2010 with your questions or suggestions about this theme.

October 2010: Prison ministry: how the church works in such institutions, how it deals with ex-offenders, how congregations get involved.

Contact Elizabeth Hunter by July 15, 2010 with your questions or suggestions about this theme.

November 2010: What the Bible teach about the acquisition of material goods and stewardship.

Contact Daniel J. Lehmann by August 15, 2010 with your questions or suggestions about this theme.
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