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Lesson 11: A Community of Friends

Lesson 11: A Community of Friends

The biggest and most significant response to this series has been Christians who report they felt excluded every time a pastor described the Church as a “family of families.” On the other hand, I also heard from pastors, who like me, realized the limitations of the description but could not come up with anything better. […]

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Reformation Sunday

Reformation Sunday

We Lutherans set this Sunday aside to celebrate our roots. We remember from where we came, so we can understand better who we are. We do that this year mindful of the recent Pew Foundation report that indictaed 20% of Americans now claim they have no religious affiliation. These “Nones” are predominately young people and […]

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Lesson 9: Church is Not a Family of Families

Lesson 9: Church is Not a Family of Families

Last week I used the model of family for Church. After all Jesus did speak of God as father and others as our brothers and sisters. And the early Church did live in a lifestyle we associate with the family. However, when I spoke of extending the family, I came mighty close to falling into […]

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Lesson 40: How Do We Determine God’s Word – Community 2

Lesson 40: How Do We Determine God’s Word – Community 2

As Juan observes about history not being objective fact but a story continuously retold to make sense of our present and future, so too custom is an ever-changing guide to the Christian life. The community is continuously retelling it to find both the continuity and the creativity she needs. I find the best model for […]

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