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A Battleground District in a Battleground State

Rev. Angela Zimmann, Ph.D. | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Politics, Toledo, Angela Zimmann, Democracy for America, Lutheran, Bob Latta, Ohio, Politics News

Welcome to the 2012 election cycle in Northwest Ohio's 5th district, a historically Republican area in a battleground state. Enter re-districting (100...

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Pan Am Memories of My Adventures to Tokyo and Kyoto

Carole Mallory | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Hawaii, Miyako Hotel, Pearl Harbor, The Kitayama, Pa.Meiji Mura Museum, Hong Kong, Merrill Lynch, Shinto Shrines, Koyadofu, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Mayan, Shimeji Mushrooms, The Higashiyama, German, Pan Am, Lutheran, Mushi Zushi, Tokyo-Japan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Kyoto, Pennsylvania Dutch, Nama Yatsuhashi, Misozuke Miso, Great Kanta Earthquake, Mrs Wagner, The Imperial Hotel, The Nishiyama, Spielberg, Yokahama, Shoemakersville, Nogava, The Tokaido Shinkansen, Buddhist Temple, Culture News

At Tokyo's airport I kissed Michael 'goodbye' and gave him my address in New York, but after a few letters, I never heard from him again. 'Tokyo Michael' was how I remembered him and don't regret one moment we spent together.

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A German Town Mourns Its Holocaust Past: The DP Camp Story, Part 2

Bernard Starr | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Rwanda, Shoah, Church, Holocaust, Judaism, Harry Truman, Hebrew, Ulm Germany, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nazis, University of Pennsylvania, Jewish, Holocaust Museum, Genocide, Zionism, World War II, DP Camps, Displaced Persons, Lutheran, Culture News

A commissioned stained-glass window dedicated to the Holocaust portrays a gas chamber scene and bears a Star of David. To all who enter the church, it's a stark reminder of past atrocities

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Ohio Pastor Elected To Lead Breakaway Lutheran Church

Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Christianity, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ohio Pastor, Lutheran Church, Lutheran, North American Lutheran Church, John Bradosky, Religion News

By Jack Jenkins Religion News Service (RNS) Members of the North American Lutheran Church (NALC) have elected an Ohio pastor as their new head bis...

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The Catholic Celibacy Crisis

Maureen Fiedler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Celibacy, Priesthood, Catholic, Catholic Church, Alberto Cutie, Thomas Euteneuer, Dogma, Chastity, Christianity, Father Oprah, Vatican, Episcopalian, Lutheran, Pope Benedict XVI, Religion News

Priestly celibacy is not dogma. It is simply a disciplinary practice, and could be changed literally with a flick of the papal pen. So, why wait?

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Christ The King: Redefining Glory

Elizabeth E. Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christ the King, The Poor, Glory, Christ, Kingship, Christianity, Advent, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Pentecost, Anglican, Lutheran, Catholicism, Religion News

This past Sunday, churches in the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran traditions marked the holy day of Christ the King. Appropriately enough, it marks the end of the long Pentecost season.

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Gay Pastors Reinstated: Rev. Bradley Schmeling And Partner Return To Clergy Roster

AP | KATE BRUMBACK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Evangelical Lutheran Church, Gay Ministers, Rev. Bradley Schmeling, Gay Pastors, Lutheran Church, Rev. Darin Easler, Evangelical Lutheran Church Gays, Lutheran, Gay Pastor Reinstated, Religion News

ATLANTA — A gay Atlanta pastor and his partner who have been at the center of a battle over the treatment of gay clergy by the nation's largest Luth...

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Conan O'Brien Takes Shots; Leno's Chin Unharmed

Scott Janssen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Tonight Show, Lansing-Michigan, Motor City, Economics, Steve Kroft, Catholic, Cbs, New York, Interview, Conan O'Brien, Conan O'Brien Tour, Tbs, Unemployment, 60 Minutes, Jay Leno, Detroit, Irish, Lutheran, Michigan, Nbc, Hollywood, Comedy News

Perhaps Leno can do a free show for Conan O'Brien's staff and all their families the next time he decides to do a comedy tour (when he isn't too busy serving as NBC's puppet).

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Man Fatally Shoots Wife At Washington Church

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Marriage-Councelling, Lutheran, Domestic Violence, Washington, Religion News

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Police in Washington state say a man who accompanied his wife to a church for a counseling session shot the woman several t...

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The Unseen And Unknowable Has No Place In Science

Eric Michael Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

For those of you who grew up being taught to believe in unseen and unknowable forces but are now feeling like you've been hoodwinked, don't be afraid to say so.

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Lutheran Bishops Prepare To Welcome Gay Clergy

pewforum.org | Daniel Burke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gay, Religion, Gay Clergy, Lutheran, Bishops, Sexuality, Religion News

ishops in the nation's largest Lutheran denomination have approved preliminary steps to welcome a group of openly gay and lesbian ministers as officia...

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Sex and the Single Minister

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: LGBT Rights, Homosexuality and Religion, Lutheran, Sexuality, Sexuality and Religion, Same-Sex Marriage, Elca, Healthy Living News

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America's emphasis on "committed, lifelong relationships" leaves out the single minister, the divorced minister, the widowed minister -- whether gay, straight, or bisexual -- who must still adhere to a standard of celibacy.

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Conversations With (And About) God

Mark Joseph | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Church, Seinfeld, Episcopalians, Gq, Bikini, Juice Bar, Jesus, Los Angeles Times, Biblical, God, Pentecostals, Slackers, Presbyterians, Lutheran, Media News

Another friend, actress, comedian and now author, Susan Isaacs wrote, "I could take alcohol or leave it. After I ran out on God, I took alcohol more than I left it. And I kept taking it."

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