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Budding Birder
How about that! I actually saw a cerulean warbler. But it wouldn’t have happened without some help. At Lost Valley Trail in Weldon Spring, MO,…
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Easter 6 · John 15:9-17 · May 17, 2009
By Quentin F. Wesselschmidt Preliminary considerations: In his recent book, The Lost History of Christianity (New York: HarperOne, 2008), Philip Jenkins writes: In the late…
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Easter 5 · John 15:1-8 · May 10, 2009
By Henry Gerike The Great Fifty Days of Easter continue as the Church explores how it stays alive. Christ’s resurrection certainly makes us alive. To…
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Hopeful Discoveries
A few weeks ago I reviewed a fascinating book by Scott Weidensaul about the migration of birds in the western hemisphere. Here in St.
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Easter 4 · John 10:11-18 · May 3, 2009
By Erik Herrmann The Good Shepherd. It’s such a well-known image. It seems to be relevant in every age—from the earliest times in the catacombs…
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Easter 3 · Luke 24:36-49 · April 26, 2009
By Bruce G. Schuchard To Seek Him 1. One must look for the right Jesus 2. One must find him where he may be found…
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Lutherans and Earth Day
Last year in a little article, “Can Lutherans Observe Earth Day?” I asked if being theologically conservative required us to be politically conservative on social…
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Easter 2 · John 20:19-31 · April 19, 2009
By Bruce Hartung Among the many themes clearly evident from this text, e.g., doubt and faith using the experience of Thomas (20:24—29), belief in Christ…
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Animal “rights?”
My colleague, Tim Saleska, put me on to an op-ed in the New York Times regarding a ballot initiative that was passed by Californians to…
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