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'I never want to see you in my church again'

St. Dysmas of South Dakota, Sioux Falls

A service for squirmers?

Trinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan, New York, N.Y.

Greeters replace weeds

Trinity Lutheran Church, Pleasanton, Calif.

Yes, some ELCA congregations are growing

Strong identity, leadership and 'the Holy Spirit does wondrous things'

by Diana Dworin

Features

'We're your daughters'

Winnipeg consultation educates Lutherans about commercial sexual exploitation

by Elizabeth Hunter

ELCA supports soup kitchen

Epiphany's enduring question

What will we do with new wisdom?

by Patrick Russell

Praying for strength

Contact and Resource Center helps people with disabilities after war in Lebanon

by Amber Leberman

The final goodbye

Death and taxes are constant, but funerals are changing

by Julie B. Sevig

The myth of the balanced life

Christ's word is a word of hope, not of self-help

by Jack Fortin, Michael D. Watson

To bury, or not to bury ...

Window celebrates God's breath

Faces

Lifelong builder

Retiree brings energy to work for others

by James Bash

Racing for hunger

Athlete/musician raises awareness

by Heather B. P. Wallace

Youngchurch

Seeing the larger church

Confirmands 'say cheese' with a synod bishop at annual gathering

by Gayda Hollnagel

Web exclusives

A party?

by Kathleen Kloos

Balaam: Another wise man?

The Magi were his spiritual children

by Scott Mages

Exit strategy

And you thought there was only one way to leave this life

by Julie B. Sevig

Rest in peace, Old Mariah

The way we were: 1961

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