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Aigner, Frederick
Vol. 4 No. 4 The Fullnes of God

Ammlung, Cathy A.
Vo. 10 No. 1 Fidelity to the Holy Trinity

Anderson, Mary W.
Vol. 1 No. 1 The Future is Not Our Enemy (with Randall Lee)
Vol. 1 No. 3 Pages From an Ecumenical Journal
Vol. 1 No. 5 Voices in the Wilderness: Women and the Gospel (with Mary Pellauer)

Auer, Benedict
Vol. 4 No. 3 Wellness And Spirituality: "I Never Looked Up"



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Bangert, Mark P.
Vol. 1 No. 2 With One Voice
Vol. 4 No. 1 Heads Or Tails

Benne, Robert
Vol. 9 No. 1 Reader's Response
Vol. 9 No. 1 Why the ELCA Should Uphold Traditional Christian Sexual Ethics

Bennett, Carol
Vol. 12. No. 1 Euipping the Saints for Diakonia (with Mike Bennett)

Bennett, Mike
Vol. 12. No. 1 Euipping the Saints for Diakonia (with Carol Bennett)

Bieber, Paul B.
Vol. 9 No. 2 At the Dawn
Vol. 10 No. 1 Editor's Introduction: The Call to Fidelity
Vol. 11 No. 1 Editor's Introduction

Bogard, Jennie
Vol. 4 No. 3 Did Noah Get Arthritis?

Bowers, Diane V.
Vol. 8 No. 2 Reflections on Experiencing Leadership of Gay Clergy

Bowers, Joyce M.
Vol. 2 No. 2 Other Spiritualities: A Travelogue
Vol. 7 No. 2 Liturgy in the Service of Evangelism: Synopsis of The Witness of the Worshipping Community: Liturgy and the Practice of Evangelism by Frank C. Senn
Vol. 8 No. 3 Book Review: Spirituality of the Psalms by Walter Brueggemann
Vol. 8 No. 3 A Personal Journey into Lament
Vol. 10 No. 2 Editor's Introduction to "Worship and Culture

Braaten, Carl
Vol. 11 No. 1 TheResurrection of Jesus: The TikethatUnites All Believers

Brugh, Lorraine S.
Vol. 1 No. 2 In Spirit and In Truth: Worship and Evangelism in Our Diverse Synod (with Andrew Leahy)
Vol. 4 No. 1 Respsonsive Contextualization: Planning Worship In the Parish

Buettner, Paul R.
Vol. 6 No. 1 The Perils of Success

Michael Burk
Vol. 7 No. 2 Are There Norms for Lutheran Worship?

Burt, Daphne
Vol. 8 No. 2 Recognizing God's Blessings: Holy Unions and the Ordination of Women and Men in Same-Sex Relationships


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Cabello, Anthony
Vol. 12 No 1 Mary, Mother of God: A Confessional & Patristic Reading
Capers, James M.
Vol 1. No. 2 Worship and Evangelism: A Connection of Power

Conway, Beverly L.
Vol. 4 No. 3 Wholeness After Loss

Cowell, Wayne R.
Vol. 1 No. 3 Speaking of Church: Good Words for Espicopalians and Lutherans
Vol. 2 No. 4 Dialogue And Debate: Revisiting The Concordat
Vol. 3 No. 2 Confessional Renewal Movements In The 1990s (with Frank Senn)
Vol. 3 No. 2 The Reception of the 9.5 Theses: An Exchange Of Letters (with Louis Smith)
Vol. 4 No. 2 Comments And Questions: The Dialogue Extended
Vol. 4 No. 2 How Shall We Answer The Call To Common Mission
Vol. 5 No. 1 The Forde/Nestingen Letter Critiqued (with James Nestingen and Gerhard Forde)
Vol. 5 No. 2 Reflections on Synod Assembly 2000: Where Do We Go from Here?
Vol. 6 No. 2 In This Issue (Moral Theology) (with Thomas Knutson)
Vol. 6 No. 3 In This Issue
Vol. 6 No. 3 What Drives Your Church? A review of Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Church
Vol. 7 No. 1 A Standing Invitation
Vol. 8 No. 2 A "Yes" in Kansas City: The SLPB Conference on Christian Seucality
Vol. 9 No. 1 INTRODUCTION: The Vocation of the Laity

Cross, Bob
Vol. 3 No. 1 Comkmon Ground: We Are Sinners

Crum, Roger S.
Vol. 4 No. 3 Health, Healing, And The Congregation

Cruz-Natal, Julio
Vol. 12 No. 1 What the Lutheran Church Offers Hispanics

Currie, Robin
Vol. 2 No. 1 What They Did Teach Me at Seminary


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Danielson, G. Anton
Vol. 2 No. 4 Full Communion: ELCA And Others: A Sermon

Davis, Inez Torres
Vol. 1 No. 2 Feed The Holy Flame

Dueholm, Benjamin J.
Vol. 10 No. 1 On the Way. . .: Separated by a Common Faith
Vol. 12 No. 1 On the Way: High Church, Low Church, "Long Tail Church
Vol. 12 No. 2 On the Way: Anxious Exegesis and Immigration

Duran, Ruben
Vol. 1 No. 4 Word, Sacrament, and Mission in the Metro Chicago Synod



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Elbert, Paul
Vol. 8 No. 1 Reflections on the LSTC Leadership Conference: A More Excellent Way



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Filbert, Mark Alan
Vol. 2 No. 3 An Associate In Ministry Responds to The Use of the Means of Grace

Finney, Jack
Vol. 2 No.1 Taking Time for the Soul


Forde, Gerhard O.
Vol 5 No. 1 The Forde/Nestingen Letter Critiqued (with Wayne Cowell and James Nestingen)

Forni, Keith L.
Vol. 4 No. 1 "Gathered, Nourished, And Sent": Reflections On The Meaning Of Mass
Vol. 7 No. 2 The Allure of Catholicity: Latino Lutheran Ministries in the Corsshairs
Vol. 8 No. 2 Latino Lutheran Ministries
Vol 10 No. 1 Faithfulness in Mission and Ministry in Parish and Public Life
Vol. 12 No. 1 Editor's Introduction
Vol. 12 No. 1 Great Commission Imperatives &Notes for Hispanic-Latino Ministry
Vol. 12 No. 1 Bibliography (with Hector Garfias-Toledo)
Vol. 12 No. 2 Editor's Introduction
Vol. 12 No. 2 Bibliography II (with Hector Garfias-Toledo)



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Garfias-Toledo, Hector
Vol. 12 No. 1 Bibliography (Keith Forni)
Vol. 12 No. 2 Bibliography II (Keith Forni)

Gleason, Robert
Vol. 3 No. 1 Faithful Change In Our Synod

Goldstein, Robert M.
Vol. 5 No. 2 Scripture and its Interpretation



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Halverson, Jan W.
Vol. 1 No. 5 Women and the Bible

Halverson, Brian
Vol. 6 No. 1 Who Defines the Ministry? A review of Marva Dawn and Eugene H. Peterson, The Unnecessary Pastor
Vol. 7 No. 1 Review of The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong,

Havlic, Susanne
Vol. 4 No. 3 Review: James Wind, A Letter On Peace And Good Health
Vol. 4 No. 3 What Is This Thing Called Wellness
Vol. 7 No. 1 In This Issue (Justice)

Hebden, Scott
Vol. 5 No. 1 Celebration of the Signing of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (with Frank Senn)

Hefner, Philip
Vol. 1 No. 4 How Is The Church Necessary For Salvation? The Church as God's Well of Personality
Vol. 2 No. 1 Servent Ready to Listen
Vol. 2 No. 2 Frank Senn's Warning - A Response

Heim, David
Vol. 6 No. 2 Is There a "Consistent Ethic of Life?"

Holm, John A.
Vol. 5 No. 2 Synod Assembly Leadership Event: What was it all About?

Holstrom, Sarah Lea
Vol. 4 No. 3 Parish Nurse Program At Our Saviour's

Hubert, Tim
Vol. 2 No. 2 Nurturing Your Spirituality After Saying "Amen"



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Isaacson, Carl
Vol. 1 No. 4 Bleeding on the Page for the Sake of the Word



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Johns, Todd E.
Vol. 10. No. 2 Liturgique Boutique

Johnson, Maxwell
Vol. 12 No. 1 Religiosidad Popular: TheVirgin Mary and Lutherans

Jürisson, Cynthia
Vol. 4 No. 2 A Critique Of Called To Common Mission

Just, Arthur A., Jr.
Vol. 9 No. 2 The Liturgy in the Bible



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Kalb, Richard C.
Vol. 4 No. 1 Putting Ministers Of Music In Thier Place

Kittlaus, Janet
Vol. 6 No. 2 The Mandate to Oppose the Death Penalty

Knappe, Wolf D.
Vol. 7 No. 2 In Praise of Languages
Vol. 12 No. 2 How Do We Talk About God?

Knutson, Thomas C.
Vol. 1 No. 1 What Do We Do Next? (with Andrew Leahy)
Vol. 2 No. 2 In Memoriam: Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, Archbishop of Chicago, 1982-1996
Vol. 5 No. 1 Dear Readers of Let's Talk
Vol. 6 No. 2 In This Issue (Moral Theology) (with Wayne Cowell)

Krentz, Edgar
What is the Tie That Binds? A New Testament Perspective

Kunzie-Brunner, Jane
Vol. 3 No. 2 9.5 Concerns For Confessional Renewal



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Lahndahl, Paul R.
Vol. 10 No. 2 ELCA's Renewing Worship

LaRiviere-Mestre
Vol. 12 No. 2 Emerging Lutheran Voices

Lazareth, William H.
Vol. 9 No. 2 The Joint Decvlaration on the Dctine of Justification

Leahy, Andrew H.
Vol. 1 No. 1 What Do We Do Next? (with Thomas Knutson)
Vol. 1 No. 2 In Spirit and In Truth: Worship and Evangelism in Our Diverse Synod (with Lorraine Brugh)
Vol. 2 No. 3 A Place for the Means of Grace
Vol. 2 No. 3 Reflecting Faith In Worship (with Nicholas Zook)
Vol. 6 No. 1 Implications of "Called to Common Ministry"--A Personal Reflection
Vol. 6 No. 2 Refreshing the Hearts of the Saints: Marva J. Dawn,Saturday, March 24, 2001
Vol. 7 No. 2 "With the Greatest Reverence": Lutheran and Roman Catholic Worship
Vol. 8 No. 3 On the Way: Vision for Ecumenism
Vol. 9 No. 1 On the Way: Bringing in Outsiders
Vol. 9 No. 2 On the Way: What is Essential for Unity

Lee, Anne
Vol. 2 Nol 1 Getting Support Through Mutual Ministry and Continuing Education

Lee, Randall R.
Vol. 1 No. 1 The Future is Not Our Enemy (with Mary Anderson)
Vol. 2 No. 3 Recapturing the Importance of Sunday
Vol. 5 No. 1 A View From Augsburg
Vol. 5 No. 1 Reflecting on Let's Talk

Lehninger, Paul
Vol. 9. No. 2 The Sacraments and Ecumenical Possibilities: We Stand Together on Uncommon Ground

Lueking, F. Dean
Vol. 2 No. 14 Mentoring and Pastoral Formation

Lundby, Gerald
Vol. 3 No. 1 A Response to Let's Talk's Special Issue On Ecumenism

Lutheran World Federation
Vol. 10 No. 2 Statement of Worship and Culture



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Madden, Trish
Vol. 7 No. 1 Public Policy and the Pulpit: Falling Through the Cracks to Making Justice (with Craig Satterlee)

Marty, Martin E.
Vol. 1 No. 1 Leaders For Tomorrow

Marxhausen, Donald
Vo. 8 No. 3 Lament in the Ministry: Public, Pastoral, Personal

McDowell, Gretchen L.
Vol. 3 No. 1 Our Mission Statement: Toward A New Relaity

McKenzie, Barbara
Vol. 9 No. 1 The Path to Lambarene

McKenzie, Carl C.
Vol.2 No. 2 God's Extraordinary Presence

Meilaender, Gilbert
Vol. 7 No. 1 After September 11

McVey, Catherine
Vol. 1 No. 5 Dialogue in the Local Congregation

Megill-Cobbler, Thelma
Vol. 12 No. 2 Receiving Guadalupe: An Appreciative Response to Maxwell Johnson

Michel, Walter L.
Vol. 8 No. 3 How to Argue with God: An Example Based on the Law-Court Pattern of Prayer

Miller, Wayne
Vol. 6 No. 2 Success and the Cross: A Response to "The Perils of Success"

Moland-Kovash, Seth
Vol 9. No. 1 Standing Between God and the World: Reclaiming the Priesthood



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Nairn, Thomas A.
Vol. 6 No. 2 The Christian Moral Life: Roman Catholic and Lutheran Perspectives

Nestingen, James A.
Vol. 5 No. 1 The Forde/Nestingen Letter Critiqued (with Wayne Cowell and Gerhard Forde)

Neuhaus, Richard John
Vol. 8 No. 1 Latino Lutheran Ministries

Nicholson, Paul
Vol. 10 No. 2 Ruminations on Art and Church Music

Niebanck, Richard J.
Vol. 9 No. 1 The Vocation of the Baptized and Good Works



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Olsen, Kenneth R.
Vol. 1 No. 1 Let's Share Our Concerns And Visions
Vol. 1 No. 4 How Is The Synod Necessary for Salvation?
Vol. 2 No. 3 Who Is The Most Lutheran Of Us All?
Vol. 3 No. 1 An Opportunity For A Reformation: An Interview With Bishop Olsen



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Pangborn, Bruce W.
Vol. 1 No. 5 One Male's Viewpoint

Pearson, Thomas
Vol. 8 No. 1 Why Lutherans Can't Talk About Sexuality

Pellauer, Mary D.
Vol. 1 No. 5 Voices in the Wilderness: Women and the Gospel (with Mary Anderson)

Pero, Cheryl Stewart
Vol. 1 No. 4 Ecclesiology: Listening to the Laity

Pless, John T.
Vol. 10 No. 1 Fidelity to the Catechism: In Prayer and Teaching



Q


Quetel, Lou
Vol. 12 No. 2 Reflections on a Mission to Honduras



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Rast, Larry
Gather the Hopes and Dreams of All: Lutheran Unity and Lutheran Worship In America

Rivera-Kalb, Lydia
Vol. 12 No. 1 Preparing for Ministry in Hispanic-Latino Settings

Roberts, William D.
Vol. 2 No. 4 Argument For A Lutheran Anamnesis Of The Episcopate
Vol. 4 No. 2 The Anglican Commitment To The Historic Episcopate

Rochelle, Gabriel Jay
Vol. 8 No. 3 Four Questions on Lamentation: Lament and Nostalgia

Rosenthal, Leon G.
Vol. 1 No. 3 The Foundation: Finding Unity as Biblical People of Promise
Vol. 2 No. 4 Heritage And Hope?

Ryan, Julie
Vol. 1 No. 5 Broad Brushes With the Holy: Women and the Gospel
Vol. 5 No. 2 "Always Hoped That I’d Be A Disciple. . ."
Vol. 6 No. 1 Refreshing the Hearts of the Saints: Presentation by Barbara K. Lundblad, January 20, 2001



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Saterlee, Craig A.
Vol. 7 No. 1 Public Policy and the Pulpit: Falling Through the Cracks to Making Justice (Trish Madden)

Schroeder, Theodore W. "Ted"
Vol. 6 No. 3 Making Christ Known: Promise For a New Day

Sculley, Michael D. F.
Vol. 2 No. 2 The Lutheran Third Order of St. Francis

Schwick, Dan
Vol. 7 No. 1 Justice: Ancient Vision and Modern Practice

Seagren, Jane
Vol. 2 No. 2 On Spiritual Direction

Senn, Frank C.
Vol. 1 No. 3 Ecumenical Decisions and Missions
Vol. 1 No. 3 Witness and Unity in Lutheran-Reformed Relationships (with Nicholas Zook)
Vol. 2 No. 1 A Response to Philip Hefner
Vol. 2 No. 2 Asceticism and Mysticism: the Means and Goal of Spiritualities
Vol. 2 No. 4 Report On Lutheran - Episcopal Relations: Ecumenical Symposium at Loyola University
Vol. 3 No. 2 Confessional Renewal Movements In The 1990s (with Wayne Cowell)
Vol. 3 No. 2 The Theses, Confessionalism, Me, And My Congregation
Vol. 4 No. 2 Whither Lutheran - Episcopal Relationships
Vol. 5 No. 1 Celebration of the Signing of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (with Scott Hebden)
Vol. 5 No. 2 Can the Church Bless “Committed Same-Sex Relationships”?
Vol. 6 No. 1 As I See It: What's the Business of a Synod Assembly?
Vol. 6 No. 2 As I See It: What Do We Expect of Our Bishops?
Vol. 6 No. 3 As I See It: What I Expect of Our New Presiding Bishop
Vol. 7 No. 1 As I See It: Doing Justice or Moral Formation?
Vol. 7 No. 2 As I See It: The Need to Observe the Rubrics
Vol. 8 No. 1 As I See It: Reasons To Avoid Schism
Vol. 8 No. 2 As I See It: Judaism and the Land of Israel
Vol. 8 No. 3 As I See It: A Role for Lament in Public Worship
Vol. 9 No. 2 The Bible and the Liturgy
Vol. 9 No. 2 As I See It: The Pastor's Public Role
Vol. 10 No. 1 As I See It: Theological Discussion in the Metorpolitan Chicago Synod
Vol. 10 No. 2 As I See It: The Challenge of Modern/Postmodern Culture
Vol. 11 No. 1 As I See It: A Flawed Psalter
Vol. 12 No. 1 As I See It: TheSocial Dimension of Marriage
Vol. 12 No. 2 As I See It: Another Way to Interpret the Bible

Seraphine, Constance Leean
Vol. w No. 1 First Call Theological Education
Vol. 2 No. 1 Our Calling: On Ministerial Formation (with John Seraphine)

Seraphine, John R.
Vol. 1 No. 1 Chosing The Future To Fear
Vol. 1 No. 3 The Grace and Good Works of Unity
Vol. 1 No. 4 More Sweat Than Blood: An Editorial Response to Carl Isaacson
Vol. 2 No. 1 "Maceration of the Minister" Revisited
Vol. 2 No. 1 Our Calling: On Ministerial Formation (with Constance Seraphine)
Vol. 3 No. 2 Are We So Right We Can't Be Saved?

Singleton, Gregory Holmes
Vol. 5 No. 2 Struggle and Competition:Two Models for Dealing with Difficult Issues in the Church
Vol. 6 No. 3 Stanley Hauerwas: Celebrity, Theologian, and Reviver
Vol. 8 No. 1 Sexuality In The ELCA: Locating the Struggle
Vol. 8 No. 2 Sexuality in the ELCA: Perspectives on the Struggle
Vol. 8 No. 2 "A Dramatic Mixture of Brokenness and Grace": A REview of Faithful Conversation: Christian Perspectives on Homosexuality
Vol 9 No. 1 The Laity, Vocation, and the Church: A View From the Pew
Vol. 9 No. 2 Editor's Introduction: Festival of the Resurrection
Vol. 10 No. 2 It's About Time: Learning From a Roman Catholic Cathedral
Vol. 12 No. 2 Diversity of Another Sort: Theology and American Lutheran Identity

Smith, Louis A.
Vol. 3 No. 2 The Reception of the 9.5 Theses: An Exchange Of Letters (with Wayne Cowell)

Spencer, Leon
Vol. 7 No. 1 Doing justice in the face of evil: Reflections after the World Trade Center

Stegner, W. Richard
Vol. 3 No. 2 Renewal Movements In The United Methodist Church

Straw, Gordon J.
Vol. 1. No 2 Evangelism and Identity: Can Indians Be Evangelized?

Suarez, Pedro
Vol. 12 No. 1 Conociendo a la Confradia Catolica-Reformada

Swanson, Judith Rae
Vol. 2 No. 1 To Be "God With Skin On"



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Tecson, Andrew
Vol. 9 No. 1 Jazz and Our Calling



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Ullestad, Steven L.
Vol. 4 No. 2 An Argument For CCM



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VanDemark, Ruth E.
Vol. 10 No. 2 One Congregation's Exploration of Alernative Worship

VanderWilt, Jeffrey
Vol. 2 No. 3 A Roman Catholic Response


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Ward, Karen
Vol. 4 No. 1 "We've Come This Far By Faith": The African American Hymnal Project

Warner, R. Stephen
Vol. 8 No. 2 A Conservative Case for Recognition of Gay Leadership
Vol. 11 No. 1 What Do We Hold Together? What Holds Us Together? A Sociological Perspective

Williams, Julie
Vo. 5 No. 2 Should the Church Condone Homosexuality?

White, Robert
Vol. 8 No. 1 Thinking About Sexuality In The ELCA

Wilson-Sigler, Shirley
Vol. 1 No. 5 Serving the Needs of Black Women: Can the ECLA Respond?
Vol. 3 No. 1 We Are All One In Mission

Wrider, Anne
Vol. 2 No. 4 The Use Of The Means Of Grace: An Anglican Perspective



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Yoder, Larry
Vol. 10 No. 1 Fidelity to Our Calling: A Letter to Nathan

Yu, Kwang-Ja
Vol. 1 No. 4 A Community of Proclamation and Service



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Zook, Nicholas J.
Vol. 1 No. 3 The Lifting of Condemnations
Vol. 1 No. 3 Witness and Unity in Lutheran-Reformed Relationships (with Frank Senn)
Vol. 2 No. 3 Reflecting Faith In Worship (with Andrew Leahy)
Vol. 2 No. 3 A Statement That Leaves Us Wanting More
Vol. 7 No. 1 To Lead a Godly Life: A Review of Bioethics: A Primer for Christians by Gilbert Meilaender