Contents News 8 ELCA installs Elizabeth A. Eaton as presiding bishop 16 Churches recover from Sandy
Cover story Features
26 Study guide
18 Deeper understandings Prayer: Professors question each other about this fundamental act
28 More than shelter In the Carolinas, Lutherans help female veterans find hope
30 Mobile ministry Sharing word, sacrament and food justice with migrant workers
20 Activism at work
32 Millions at risk from drought ELCA works with Lutheran partners in Angola, Namibia
36 Memory Café N.C. congregation gathers those with dementia, caregivers for meal & music
38 Better together Lutheran senior facilities connect the oldest, youngest
34 Remembering Birmingham
Higher education Departments
50 Higher education news
3 Challenging conversations
40 Helping students find jobs
4 Editor 62 Two months out 63 Faces 64 Best this month 65 Light side
66 Classifieds 67 Deaths 67 Crossword 68 Letters 69 My view 70 Presiding bishop
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44 Making seminary debt manageable ELCA Stewards of Abundance tries targeted scholarships
48 Luther’s enduring legacy ELCA colleges, universities help the church cultivate a sense of vocation
20 Hope at work Congregation-based organizing offers a different way of ‘doing church’
NOVEMBER 2013 VOLUME 26 NUMBER 11
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COVER: ELIZABETH A. EATON REMINDS THOSE ASSEMBLED OF THEIR BAPTISM AT HER INSTALLATION AS ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP AT ROCKEFELLER CHAPEL, CHICAGO. PHOTO BY MICHAEL D. WATSON.
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