Dear Malcolm, I received your letter and wanted to respond now, after hearing of the passing of Nelson Mandela. You have been in prison so many years, Malcolm....
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Picture this scene at Wartburg Theological Seminary where I am blessed to teach. Classes start early. Alert, eager, engaged, we dig into studies together. Although I may sit at the...
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The debate about whether the Washington Redskins should bow to pressure to change its name will continue as long as we as a nation fail to see the difference between...
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Presiding Minister Mark S. Hanson blesses newly installed ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton.Of course. People were gathering for “Holy Communion with the Installation of the Presiding Bishop of the...
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So what’s there to worry about? The U.S. government may—or may not—shut down. October 1 state exchanges for the Affordable Care Act open, but most Americans do not understand them....
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Twenty-six years ago April 30, 1987, my husband Burton and I drove from Dubuque to Columbus Ohio, where we, together with 2000 other Lutherans from 3 church bodies attended the...
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), with 4 million members and nearly 10,000 congregations, meeting in churchwide assembly August 12-17 in Pittsburgh adopted a Social Statement, “The Church and...
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After the first round of synodical elections after the formation of the “New” Lutheran church in January of 1988, there were no women Lutheran bishops. I was one of three...
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The Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot by the Taliban for attending classes, July 12 addressed hundreds of young people at the United Nations, urging them and world leaders to work...
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The North Carolina state Senate voted on the Eve of July 4th on a measure that would add more restrictions on abortions. The anti-abortion measures were tacked onto a Sharia law ban...
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