The Lutheran | May 2003 Issue

Cover story
	Cover story 'No good options' by Sonia C. Solomonson
	Cover story 'They're the future' by Kathleen Kastilahn
	Cover story A declaration for days of war 'Let God live in you instead of fear' by Kathryn Koob
	Cover story Asylum-seekers at risk
	Cover story Because 'Christ is our peace' by John F. Hoffmeyer
	Cover story Brandon Scott Tobler: 1983-2003
	Cover story Calling home to Baghdad by Amber Leberman
	Cover story Cassava for a change by Kathleen Kastilahn
	Cover story Church supper by Kathleen Kastilahn
	Cover story Congregations offer support, prayers by Kimberly Groninga, George Kegley, Marian Nicely
	Cover story Finding refuge in Jordan
	Cover story Helping hands by Kathleen Kastilahn
	Cover story Prayers carry 'a lot of weight'
	Cover story Praying for God's mercy by Jane E. Vennard
	Cover story Saturday night live by Kathleen Kastilahn
	Cover story Seeking peace in hard times by Elizabeth Hunter
	Cover story Struggling for life Church development work brings hope in hard times by Kathleen Kastilahn
	Cover story Views from Cairo by David D. Grafton
	Cover story Waiting for the call by Ben McDonald Coltvet
	Cover story Walking wet in the desert by Lance Kittleson
	Cover story Well done! by Kathleen Kastilahn
	Cover story Zimbabwe arrest Pondering the positive by Kathleen Kastilahn
Features
	Features Bishops discuss lay presidency, outreach board action
	Features Church Council acts on health care, evangelism documents Group also approves ELCA mission statement and strategic directions by Sonia C. Solomonson
	Features Ethiopia: A famine worse than 1984's?
	Features Faith and the ART of infertility treatment by Jennifer Ginn
	Features Family service Families serve and grow together through St. Cloud, Minn., church by Barbara DeGrote-Sorensen
	Features Hope deferred Our story of infertility by Jennifer L. Gross
	Features Liberia: 'Trauma upon trauma' Renewed fighting forces Phebe hospital patients and staff to flee by Prince Collins
	Features LWF Assembly to meet in Canada by Anne Basye
	Features LWF to visit ELCA sites
	Features Pope John Paul II receives ELCA presiding bishop Hanson suggests eucharistic sharing between Lutherans and Catholics at Vatican audience by David L. Miller
	Features Resources
Faces
	Faces Student of fantasy by Karris Golden
Youngchurch
	Youngchurch Enter our contest
	Youngchurch In safe hands Course teaches baby-sitting skills by Jeff Favre
	Youngchurch Kids talk about the church by Andrea S. Pohlmann Kulik

Columnists
Our faith: Freedom and vocation by Patricia Lull You asked: Tell no one! by Wayne Weissenbuehler Spiritual practices: 'Judge not' by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Arts & books: Video advice by Linda-Marie Delloff		Presiding bishop: Proclaim Christ's resurrection by Mark S. Hanson Editor: Bring us home by David L. Miller My view: New life amid dark times by Erica J. Koser

News		Departments
Giddyap to God Point & click Registration affects N.Y. congregation Religion at lowest ebb		Best this month: Best this month For the record: For the record Letters: Strommen and Scharen draw responses Readers continue the ELCA sexuality discussions Reflection: The face before us ... is no other than our own Worldscan: Worldscan

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