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Articles by Marcus Lohrmann

Marcus Lohrmann is a Master of Divinity student at the University of Chicago Divinity School serving at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chicago as a field education student. His wife Bekki is a pastor in Joliet, IL. This summer he will be traveling to Cuba in order to examine public theology and ministry. Marcus is also a songwriter and performing artist.

Preaching the Gospel to a Haunted World

July 3, 2016 by Marcus Lohrmann

“That b**** is gonna haunt us.” The sister coaxed a laugh out from behind her tissue, snorting through tears. The three women in the room gazed down at the youngest of the them and smiled at the inside joke passing just beyond the reach of the chaplain’s ears. The dead woman was covered in homemade […]

Filed Under: Dealing with the Devil

Feed My Sheep: A Journey toward Life Together

March 13, 2015 by Marcus Lohrmann

The catechumenate presupposes something about the condition of the people entering our church buildings. It is a presupposition that gets lost between the cracks of our clamoring anxiety in conversations about dwindling church membership. The catechumenate presupposes that people are hungry. There are a number of ways of understanding where and how an adult catechumenate […]

Filed Under: The Catechumenate

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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