February contents FEBRUARY 2015 VOLUME 28 NUMBER 2 30 Keeping company 36 Change is constant


16 It’s about grace Lutheran News


8 2014 an unsettling year, with religion in starring role


10 LWF manages camp in Mauritania


Cover story


16 It’s all about that grace Readers tell us what drew them to the ELCA


23 Study guide Features


26 Posters show pastors in new light


28 Finding faith tracks How families become fluent in the language of faith


32 Beyond memos Lutherans and the lost art of letter writing


39 Zumba® as evangelism


40 Signs of faith in the Holy Land Deaf ministry opens up Scripture


12 Spiritual practices for Lent Departments


3 A lexicon of faith 4 Editor notes


14 Deeper understandings 24 Reflection 42 Two months out 43 Faces 44 Best this month 45 Deaths 46 Classifieds 47 Light side 47 Crossword 48 Letters 49 Picture this 50 Presiding bishop


COVER: SHERMAN LEE, MEMBER OF BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH, ST. LOUIS. PHOTO BY JESSICA C. WHITE.


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