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Features, March 2000


Cover story

Center yourself with one word


by Michael Lippard

Draw your prayers


by Jane P. Bergo

Learn how to pray


by Cherian Puthiyottil

Meet Brent Dahlseng



Open the Moravian Daily Texts 2000


by Kathryn Woestendiek

Phone your prayers
Reprinted, with permission, from A Prayerbook for Spiritual Friends, Madeleine L'Engle and Luci Shaw (Augsburg Books, 1999).


Pray without ceasing


by Debra K. Farrington

Teach our children



Features

A family affair
Lutherans and Moravians renew ties in full communion celebration

by Sonia C. Solomonson

Baby food
When newborns arrive, so do the home-cooked meals from a caring congregation

by Rob Blezard

Beyond the Oscars
Our reviewers pick the five most spiritual films of 1999

by Frederic and
Mary Ann Brussat


Casserole bank


by M.J. Smith

Confession of a good man
The chief sin is giving up because I think myself worse than I am

by William R. Matthews

Faith healing
Congregation-run clinic provides health care to rural uninsured

by Linda-Marie Delloff

Gracious gardening
Lutheran teacher finds new sons and daughters in China

by Julie Sanda Dennison

Log on to 'Sacred Space'



My favorite moment
Children's sermons bring refreshing spontaneity to worship

by Ed Murphy

Seeds of hope in Colombia
Lutherans work toward a peaceful future

by Natanael Lizarazo

Small farmers meet an agricultural giant


by Eric Hulstrand, Elizabeth Hunter

Son of the soil
'If we don't treat the land with ethical restraint, we won't survive,' warns Paul Gruchow

by Kris Davis, Alexander M. Jacobs

Best this month

Books, Movies, Videos



Faces

A hero on and off the court


by Jeff Favre

Youngchurch

Drawing on talent
What do youth like to do during worship?


From the bookshelf



Columnists
You asked: Flat Psalms
They're prayers of pain and joy

by Norma & Burton Everist
Arts & books: It's about time
You can learn how to have more

by Linda-Marie Delloff
Presiding bishop: Service of footwashing
We have many ways to care for each other

by H. George Anderson
Editor: Forkless at the feast
How can I enter into blessed intimacy with the One who hungers for my presence?

by David L. Miller
My view: Cross words
The power of the symbol continues

by Marilyn Christenson

News
Bells to ring on land mine anniversary

Cremation gaining acceptance

Facts and Figures

Feeding slavery?

Kill the death penalty?

Luther: Man of the millennium

To prez hopefuls: 'Walk the talk'

Update: Hamre puts Pentagon behind him

Visitation rights revisited

Where flags fly

Who will own the trademark to our DNA?


Departments
Churchscan: March 2000 Churchscan

Letters: 'God doesn't hate anybody'
Anger at behavior but not hate

Worldscan: March 2000 Worldscan

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