Contents
SEPTEMBER 2016 Volume 1 Number 6
42 FAITH & FAMILY
14 ELCA CHURCHWIDE ASSEMBLY
COVER STORY
14 Report from the 2016 ELCA Churchwide Assembly in New Orleans Voting members elect a new vice president; Grace Gathering prepares for Reformation anniversary
FEATURES
26 15 years later: 9/11 remembered Study guide:
LivingLutheran.org
32 The comfort of Hope 34 Gathered at the garden
38 The future is here Examining the ELCA’s widening clergy gap
40 Sunday school shuffle New materials to lift up Lutheranism, literacy in CAR and Cameroon
DEPARTMENTS
4 Editor’s note 5 Grounded in grace 6 Letters 8 News
12 I’m a Lutheran 24 Reflection 42 Faith & family 44 Deeper understandings 46 Media in ministry 48 Crossword 48 Classifieds 49 Deaths 50 Presiding bishop
LIVINGLUTHERAN.ORG 3
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