Cover story

'We have this treasure'

Global music lifts Luther's 21st-century church

by Lorraine S. Brugh

On our two-way street of faith

International exchanges strengthen churches

by Monica W. Perin

Our worldwide church

Global contexts challenge Lutheran theology

by Heidi Ernst

Features

A ministry 'blessing & challenge'

Sudanese find a welcome home in Southeastern Minnesota

by Mary Nasby Lohre

A little grace, with Christmas wrap

Wartburg College students run holiday gift program

by Karris Golden

Come and behold him

Where? In the manger, in ourselves

by Kathryn Kleinhans

Going home for Christmas

If we get lost in the question, we'll miss the way

by Jon M. Sweeney

Meet me at the freezer

A congregation's recipe for comfort & community

by Terri Mork Speirs

Pregnant possibilities

Faith community could do more for the mother-to-be

by Monte Smith Peterson

The church as a marketplace

Guyanese Lutherans are called to serve life

by Chase A. Chisholm

Will our children be generous?

Here's how to help them 'get' giving

by Kathy Haueisen Cashen

Pass the faith

Cutting back this Christmas?

Easing back from holiday consumerism is freeing

by Diana Dworin

Now what?

Reeling in Grandma & Gramps

by Diana Dworin

Faces

Eye on population

Researcher wins kudos for family planning study

by Jeff Favre

Green and growing

Entrepreneur sees work as stewardship

by Jeff Favre

Youngchurch

'I want ... to help'

ELCA youth deliver the gifts at Christmas

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