October contents OCTOBER 2014 VOLUME 27 NUMBER 10 26 Ready for harvest 32 Art, faith collide


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Older adults active in the church Lutheran News 8 Ministry to same-gender couples


13 Survey: Backlash for marrying an atheist


Cover story


16 Older adults: The church’s challenge


18 Glimpses of Linda’s grace


21 Resources 22 Study guide


Features


24 Shaving away our inequality What Martin Luther said


28 As children flee, Lutheran families, churches speak out


34 Vespers The most real church I know


36 Sipping wine & singing hymns


38 Worship as theology How Lutherans in Indonesia are renewing worship


40 Mat ministry Ohio congregation transforms plastic bags into sleeping mats


COVER: RICHARD “DICK” GIMMI, 93, A MEMBER OF ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH, COLUMBIA, S.C. PHOTO BY MICHAEL MOORE.


30 Lessons from Ferguson Departments


3 Challenging conversations 4 Editor notes


14 Deeper understandings 23 Reflection 42 Two months out 43 Faces 44 Best this month 45 Deaths 46 Classifieds 47 Light side 47 Crossword 48 Letters 49 My view 49 Picture this 50 Presiding bishop


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