The Lutheran | August 2005 Issue

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	Cover story Look with new eyes at the city You'll catch glimpses of the Spirit on the move by Kathryn Tanner
	Cover story Spirit in the city: Chicago Chris Ocken goes inside a food bank by Chris Ocken
	Cover story Spirit in the city: New York Amy C. Elliott hears a subway drummer
	Cover story Spirit in the city: Seattle Jeffrey High visits a shelter on 'beauty day'
Features
	Features 'I do, I do' We all know the words that begin a marriage. But do we know what matrimony has meant through the ages? by Jeff Favre
	Features Beef-buying as ministry Montana congregation puts its money where its youth are: the county fair by Julie B. Sevig
	Features Breathing space Welcome to the most hopeful place in Bethlehem by David L. Miller
	Features ELCA chaplain resigns from Air Force Task force releases report on religious intolerance at the academy by Elizabeth Hunter
	Features Fishing for hope
	Features On the road ... with Norma Cook Everist by Julie B. Sevig
	Features Orlando assembly faces critical issues: sexuality & restructuring Voting members also address worship and ethnic ministry by Elizabeth Hunter
	Features Rooted in the desert Lutherans and Muslims care for the poor in Mauritania. by Michael McAteer
	Features Seeing & saying the other side This Christian practice lets us live in paradoxical faithfulness by Herbert Anderson
	Features Servant gardeners
	Features Steeples & people Doors open to congregational stories by Norma Cook Everist
	Features Sudan: Too late? by Nicole Radziszewski
Faces
	Faces Pushing for Parkinson's Joan Samuelson seeks stem-cell research by Jeff Favre
	Faces Seeking justice Legal-aid work is a 'calling' by Jeff Favre
Youngchurch
	Youngchurch Hands of friendship Project help young people meet needs 'right across the street' by Mark Steigenga
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Perspective: The Supreme Court and the Ten Commandments

What do the recent decisions really mean?

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Seeing the other whole: A habitus for globalization

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Our faith: A journey of praise by Diane L. Jacobson You asked: What are they teaching? by Wayne Weissenbuehler Spiritual practices: Nature-deficit disorder by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Arts & books: Listen as you look by Linda-Marie Delloff		Presiding bishop: In Orlando by Mark S. Hanson Editor: Altogether gift by David L. Miller My view: Jesus' rules by David Venzke

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After the Rader guilty plea: 'Take note of what we do with evil,' urges pastor Gentlemen, start your prayers! Hailing Mary Heart of darkness Point & click Quotable: John C. Danforth Social Security 'secure' UCC affirms marriage equality War happy?		Best this month: Best this month Churchscan: Churchscan Letters: Confirmation: A new look What should we keep? Change? Light Side: And God said ... 'No' Reflection: The egg lady and me I remember her tap on my shoulder and her smile Synod assemblies: Synod assemblies take stands on sexuality and more Other votes focus on immigration, hunger and worship Worldscan: Worldscan E-newsletter: A church starts in China E-newsletter: Calling young contributors: Explain God E-newsletter: Chasing down a rumor E-newsletter: Stepping out

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