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Can we talk?

7 ways to talk about hot topics without eating each other up

by Craig L. Nessan

Church conflict

It's inevitable, but we can avoid the big bite

by David Volz

Clergy killers

They are determined, deceitful and destructive, but they can be stopped

by David L. Miller

Your turn

Readers share their experience with congregational conflict

Features

'A brick wrapped in velvet'

ELCA leaders call Addie Butler a gift to the church for a new era

by Sonia C. Solomonson

A taxing problem

What would it cost society if the church had to pay?

by Jerry Waltman

AIDS comes to church

Congregations care for sufferers

by Jeff Favre

Bishops suggest ways to revive Episcopal proposal

by Edgar R. Trexler

Building churches, making friends

Whatever your gifts, you can use them as a Mission Builder

by Sonia C. Solomonson

Campus pastors help youth sort out values

by Jeff Favre

Deep needs, high hopes

by Gilbert B. Furst

Don't stop the music

Lutheran schools train a new crop of church musicians

by Jeff Favre

Illuminating the faith

Oregon couple's artistry spreads the word

by Roger Kahle

Instant family

Jell-O and kim chee

Korean church mixes affiliations and cultures

by J. Watson Potter

Joint ELCA-Episcopal commitment

Lester F. Heins dies

Lester F. Heins, 86, a Lutheran pastor and Pulitzer Prize nominated journalist, died Sept 28.

Liberian pastor: 'We need to forgive'

by Sonia C. Solomonson

Living a simpler life and loving it

Minn. church welcomes new statement

by Willmar Thorkelson

Religious persecution bill before Congress

Russians pass tough religion law

Sex on campus

ELCA youth try to reconcile faith with sexual choices

by Karris Golden

Talking turkey about Thanksgiving

We need a gratitude attitude adjustment

by Victor Parachin

TV ratings get a rewrite

by Jeff Favre

TV turnoff

Parents look at family life beyond the tube

by Robert C. Blezard

WCC minds shaky finances

by Frank Imhoff

What the church says

The ELCA message AIDS and the Church's Ministry of Caring says:

What's in a name?

Take a trip through the ELCA 'Yearbook'

What's our pitch?

We should find better ways to express our Lutheranism

by William R. Halling

Women of the ELCA: Table talk

Youngchurch

Please pass the donuts

Contest finalists tell us why they like church

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