Contents 16 Traveling Turkey
Cover story Features
26 Study guide 20 Hymns make a difference
MAY 2013 VOLUME 26 NUMBER 5
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20 Favorite hymns Readers say sacred songs made the difference
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14 ‘Love’ letter Not a feeling, but a way of life learned from others
18 Deeper understandings Trinity and gender: God is present to and for us in a great variety of ways
27 A civics lesson gone viral
30 Remembering veterans Lutheran Services Carolinas helps former military with home, health
32 Just as I am Along the baptismal journey, a Lutheran found his voice
36 Memorials & mountains A Colorado congregation takes Churchwide Assembly action seriously
38 A tale of two seminarians The economy of theological education, then and now
28 The faithful meet in homes Departments
3 Challenging conversations
4 Editor 41 Two months out 42 Best this month 43 Faces 44 Higher education
34 Sabbaticals go global
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