Voices of faith Photo: Mark Wierda, Cultivate Studios


Lenny Duncan Temple Lutheran Church, Havertown, Pa. Seminarian and candidate for ordained ministry


I found my faith in the forgotten places, where hope seems like an intruder—homeless, mired in alcoholism and seemingly alone. The truth is it found me at the end of my rope.


My fi rst experience with church was with a new mission in a diff erent church context. I was one of the only voices of color and the only local going out and “being church.” I couldn’t imagine living out my baptismal call any other way.


I believe it’s a time of renewal in the ELCA and mainline churches, and that I’m specifi cally called here at this time.


I pray that the wider church fi nds space and need for my and my family’s gifts. My sincere desire is to pour my life out for the betterment of the body of Christ.


12 APRIL 2016


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