Contents News
8 Iowa farmers lift hay & spirits in Texas 10 Episcopal seminary lands in Lutheran Center
22 Churches get creative to survive
Cover story Features
28 Study guide 16 Without God
20 Deeper understandings Authority of the Bible: A conversation between—and for—Lutherans
33 ‘Holy hot dish’ Serving meals makes sister congregations grow
30 Communities raise pastors
36 Living free from violence In Dadaab, Kenya, Lutherans help women rebuild their lives
Higher education
38 Community connections ELCA colleges make life better for their neighbors
46 Road trip! Campus ministry students visit a seminary, camp & congregation
48 ‘God’s love is what they pass on’ Fair trade is a mission for a Wittenberg University grad, students and faculty
52 Higher education news 34 Giving hope in Ohio Departments
3 10 Bible stories that breathe life
42 Dealing with pastoral debt
4 Editor 64 Youngchurch 65 Pass the faith 66 Best this month 67 Faces 68 Two months out
69 Light side 70 Classifieds 70 Deaths 71 Crossword 72 Letters 73 My view 74 Presiding bishop
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22 Getting creative Tough times call for clever measures & ministry
NOVEMBER 2011 VOLUME 24 NUMBER 11
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