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Today I have had a new experience. I received an anonymous letter. I tell all of you this freely because it is not shameful to receive an anonymous letter; the only shame involved is in writing one. The letter was from someone with whom I attend church. People like Pastor Norman Olsen...

As ELCA Lutherans get bullied by pastors, and pastors get bullied by bishops, let's all remember to thank God for faithful dissent. When those of the liberal persuasion (i.e.

In your reprint of the Fargo Forum article, "ELCA votes to allow non-celibate homosexuals to serve in the clergy" (Page 1, Aug. 23), presiding Bishop Mark Hanson is quoted as saying in a press conference: "It would be tragic if we walked away from one another" (i.e., separated). It's...

MINNEAPOLIS -- It was a doubly historic day for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on Friday as the Churchside Assembly voted to open the rosters of the clergy to non-celibate gays and moved to find ways for congregations that so choose to "recognize" and "support" homosexual...

WILLMAR -- Many people who visit Israel want to see the Church of the Nativity, the Tombs of the Patriarchs or the Temple Mount, says a Lutheran Church leader who recently traveled for the first time to Israel. "That is what is in our imagination as most important,'' says the Rev....

People always deserve respect because they are people; but ideas don't, they need to be challenged. Regarding "Homosexuality isn't a sin," (Public Forum, April 28) one has a right to their own opinion, but not to their own facts. The question about ordination of practicing gays,...

Blasphemy: A seldom heard word that means contempt for God or sacred things. Bishop Mark Hanson and our own Bishop Jon Anderson seem to be on a pre-destined "unfaithful journey" towards giving in to the gay community. ELCA Bishop Hanson has said that he had no opinion other than...