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Associate Pastor, Our Saviour’s, Arlington Heights

About Seth Moland-Kovash

Seth Moland-Kovash is co-pastor of All Saints Lutheran Church in Palatine, IL

Review of Thomas W. Laqueur’s The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains

February 13, 2017 by Seth Moland-Kovash

The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains. By Thomas W. Laqueur. Princeton University Press, 736 pp., $39.95. This is a monumental work of history—the history of an idea as much as the history of a physical thing. In this massive book of 557 pages (not including the extensive notes), historian Thomas […]

Filed Under: Death and Dying

Book Review: Reviving Old Scratch: Demons and the Devil for Doubters and the Disenchanted

July 3, 2016 by Seth Moland-Kovash

Richard Beck Reviving Old Scratch: Demons and the Devil for Doubters and the Disenchanted Fortress Press, Minneapolis: 2016 In his contribution to Fortress Press’ “Theology for the People” series, author and professor of psychology Richard Beck makes an argument for Christians of all theological persuasions to reclaim language for the devil and spiritual warfare. Beck […]

Filed Under: Dealing with the Devil

Standing Between God and the World: Reclaiming the Priesthood

June 10, 2016 by Seth Moland-Kovash

“The priesthood of all believers,” “the ministry of the baptized,” “the call of the baptized” All phrases and concepts for ministry that are rightfully the source of much conversation and reflection as we seek to order the ministry of the church for the 21st Century.  These phrases and concepts can also be the source of […]

Filed Under: The Vocation of the Laity

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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