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Articles by Kim Beckmann

Rev. Kim Beckmann serves Interim Ministries in Metro Chicago Synod.

The ELCA and the Economic Downturn

February 10, 2015 by Kim Beckmann

What effect has the economic downturn had on the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)? The ELCA is church in three interdependent expressions: the churchwide organization, synods, and congregations. Or, as St. Paul would have it, when one member in the body suffers, we all suffer. When we all suffer, well, maybe new life finally […]

Filed Under: The Church's Mission in Financial Recession

Seven Sermons for Advent 1C

February 6, 2015 by Kim Beckmann

Please click on any of the name links below to jump directly to that preacher’s sermon manuscript for Advent 1C. Rev. Kim Beckmann Rev. Melissa Bills Rev. Antonio Cabello Rev. Erik Christensen Rev. Jon Dumpys Rev. Michael D. Fick Rev. Julie Eileen Ryan * * * 1. Rev. Kim Beckmann Grace to you and peace […]

Filed Under: Preaching Advent

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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