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Martin E. Marty

Encouraging others is the vocation for famous church historian

by Linda-Marie Delloff

Mary Nelson

Fostering leadership is strength of community developer

by Robert C. Blezard

Paul Manz

Singing our faith is the legacy of innovative musician

by Lorraine S. Brugh

Features

A summer reunion

Former teacher, student prove it's a small world, indeed

Coming home from Iraq

How do soldiers come home physically, emotionally, mentally?

Fatama's story

One Darfur woman struggles to survive in Sudan

Gay man ordained in Minneapolis

Help create a sense of community

It's one way you can make a difference

by Paul Simon

Is there refuge in Sudan?

Harassed, raped and killed by armed militias, the people of Sudan's Darfu region steuggle to survive

by Nils Carstensen

Listening for God

Schedule in quiet time on your family's fall calendar

by Valerie E. Hess

Lutherans 'lift every voice'

Worship, workshops and dialogue mark multicultural event

by Thomas L. Weitzel

Meeting God in memoirs

We get to know others � and so know God more intimately

by Rochelle Melander and Harold Eppley

Missouri Synod re-elects Kieschnick

by Heather B. P. Wallace

More memoirs to discover

Pastor calls Marine the 'true embodiment of the warrior spirit'

by Linda Nansteel Lovell, Julie B. Sevig

Pastors in the pastures

On an Indiana family farm, here's the lesson: Pastors and pastures have more in common than similiar names

by Charlie Downs

Presbyterians uphold policy

Church will not ordain 'practicing homosexuals'

by Heather B. P. Wallace

Stoles for Rwanda

What matters most in worship?

Gordon Lathrop: Word and sacrament, of course

by Mark A. Staples

Faces

Remembering Ming

A sister finds answers to prayer in service

by Debra Lehman

Teacher scores with NFL

Student remembers 'coach'

by Lorraine Jordan

Youngchurch

A fair to remember

'Booths of fun and learning' celebrate Reformation

Iowa church rallies on

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