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By the staff of The Lutheran, ELCA News Service and Religion News Service
‘The Lutheran’ wins 5 awards T
he Lutheran and the Women of the ELCA’s two magazines, Gather
and Café, in April received awards at the annual Associated Church Press convention’s “Best of the Christian Press” program for work produced in 2012.
The Associated Church Press is the oldest interdenominational reli- gious press association in North America.
The Lutheran’s awards were:
• Award of excellence, theological: biblical interpretation for “Keep- ing Jesus safe”; Mary C. Lindberg, author, and Elizabeth Hunter, editor. • Award of merit, reporting and writing: personally useful article for “Don’t just plan a mission trip,
Unger fights hunger When they’re hungry, children have a hard time learning, says John Unger, an ELCA pastor and West Virginia state senator. The Sen- ate Democratic majority leader, Unger was lead sponsor of “Feed to Achieve,” bipartisan anti-hunger legislation that makes West Virginia the first state to set up a statewide public-private funding partnership to improve school meal programs. “Feed to Achieve” aims to provide all elementary students with free breakfast and lunch by fall 2015 via a statewide nonprofit fund with public
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Tamerlan Tsarnaev represents Islam like Fred Phelps represents Christianity.
Susan Russell, pastor of All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena, Calif., in a Facebook post about the Boston Marathon bombing suspect and the outspoken anti-gay Kansas pastor.
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build an experience”; Kathryn Sime, author, and Julie B. Sevig, editor. • Award of merit, reporting and writing: news story (magazine) for “Agnes would have said yes”; Sevig, author. • Honorable mention, reporting and writing: column for “Elements of the Lord’s Day”; Peter W. Marty, author, and Daniel J. Lehmann, editor. • Honorable mention, theological or scholarly article for “Deeper under- standings: What is sin?”; Kristin Johnston Largen and Theodore F. Peters, authors, and Lehmann, editor. Kate Elliott, editor, and Terri
Lackey, managing editor, of Gather received five awards: • Award of excellence, devotional/
and private dollars. Unger serves as pastor of St. John Lutheran Church, Harpers Ferry,
W.Va.
Free June 5 e-conference Lutherans worldwide are invited to attend a free June 5 virtual con- ference planned by the Lutheran World Federation to strengthen con- gregational social service efforts. For “Stand up and walk,” based on Jesus’ healing of a man who was paralyzed (Mark 2:9-12), about 500 pastors, diaconal workers and lay leaders are expected to talk with each other online about trends in responding to human needs. Confer- ence languages will be in English, Spanish, French and Indonesian. For more information or to register as a group or individual, visit http://
lwfvirtualconference.org.
Humans ‘not for sale’ Lutheran World Federation Gen- eral Secretary Martin Junge shared
inspirational long format category for “Nothing Shall Be Lost”; Heidi Neumark, author. • Award of merit for Bible study resource for the 2012 summer study; Julie Kanaar, author. • Honorable mentions in both the personal experience/first person category and devotional/inspira- tion category for “Six Lessons I Learned on the Road”; Christa von Zychlin, author. • Honorable mention, biblical interpretation for “Everything She Had”; Marty, author. Café, an online magazine for young adult women, edited by Elizabeth McBride, received two awards: • Award of merit, best in class for independent website or e-zine. • Award of excellence, website redesign.
prayers and “deep pain” after the April 24 factory collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh, that killed hundreds of garment workers. “Every single life has its own dignity and beauty because of God, who is the Creator of all life on earth. Human lives are therefore ‘not for sale’ and their value should never be subordinated to the rules of profit and competition in the global market,” Junge wrote in a letter to Bangladesh Lutheran Church Bishop Arobindu Bormon and Bangladesh Northern Evangeli- cal Lutheran Church leader Paulus Hasdak.
Bishop charged in fatality Bruce Burnside, 59, bishop of the South-Central Synod of Wiscon- sin, was charged in April with three felonies: homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle, hit and run result- ing in death, and homicide by neg- ligent operation of a vehicle, as well as a misdemeanor. He was arrested
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