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19.1: Epiphany 2014 .

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Religion and the Arts

A Lutheran Learns to Read and Write Icons

By Frederick J. Schumacher

Masks for J.B.

By John A. Lang

As I See It: Clothed in Righteousness

By Frank C. Senn

On the Way: Called on Film

By Benjamin Dueholm

Book Review: Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner and Saint

By Gordon J. Straw

Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Season of Advent

By Maxwell E. Johnson

“Eternity,” You Thunder Word

By Frank C. Senn

Homily at Bach Vespers: Breathing Together Again

By Frank C. Senn

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Associate Dean of Rockefeller Chapel
University of Chicago

About Daphne Burt

Associate Dean of Rockefeller Chapel
University of Chicago

Recognizing God’s Blessings: Holy Unions and the Ordination of Women and Men in Same-Sex Relationships

June 8, 2016 by Daphne Burt

In 1991 the ELCA voted to welcome all people regardless of their sexual orientation into membership in their congregations.  This was reaffirmed in 1995.  In 1993, the Metropolitan Chicago Synod became a “Reconciling in Christ” Synod, by affirming that “gay and lesbian people share with all others the worth that comes from being loved and […]

Filed Under: Human Sexuality in the ELCA: Perspectives on the Struggle

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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