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Articles by Chris Hanley

Chris Hanley is a candidate for ordained ministry in the ELCA and a graduate of the University of Chicago Divinity School, where he served as a Lutheran Campus Ministry peer minister.

Repentance

February 9, 2015 by Chris Hanley

 What do we mean when we say we should repent? The concept of repentance appears throughout the Bible, yet when its theme returns the accents and the texture often change. The topic of repentance in the Bible requires careful translation and an openness to ancient ideas of repentance. We cannot assume that if we […]

Filed Under: Turning Around

Taking Food For Granted

August 14, 2014 by Chris Hanley

As one about to go on a final ministry internship and then on to ordained ministry, I see the topic of food justice with kind of a grim awe. The words, when they stand next to each other, food and justice, force me to realize that the food I enjoy each day comes at more […]

Filed Under: Food and Justice

20.1 Lent 2015

The Catechumenate

19.4: Advent 2014

Communion and Community

19.3: Ordinary Time 2014

Green coffee beans (top left), Nicaraguan red beans (top right), corn (bottom left) and millet, vital Nicaraguan crops, held in women farmers’ hands

Food and Justice

19.2: Pentecost 2014

Latvian Wheat by Dace Kiršpile

Growing Leaders

19.1: Epiphany 2014

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