“I don’t want to offend anyone or lose my friends.” That was the reason one of my church council members gave as to why she holds back from talking to…
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Click Here to Read the January 2026 CORE Voice Newsletter Subscribe to Our Newsletter Click Here for the Print Friendly Version of the January 2026 CORE Voice Newsletter
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Click Here to Read the November 2025 CORE Voice Newsletter Subscribe to Our Newsletter Click Here for the Print Friendly Version of the November 2025 CORE Voice Newsletter
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Click Here to Read the September 2025 CORE Voice Newsletter Subscribe to Our Newsletter Click Here for the Print Friendly Version of the September 2025 CORE Voice Newsletter
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Editor's Note: Pastor Megan Ann Shaffer is writing for Lutheran CORE for the first time. She is an NALC pastor in Pennsylvania. “Ugh, discipleship is so law-based.” Sadly, I frequently…
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To use a somewhat dated expression, it’s “hot off the press.” I am referring to the latest Pew Research Center “Religious Landscape Study.” This is Pew’s third large-scale “Religious…
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Click Here to Read the September 2024 CORE Voice Newsletter Subscribe to Our Newsletter Click Here for the Print Friendly Version of the September 2024 CORE Voice Newsletter
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 – 11 AM EDT In addition to alerting people to ways in which the ELCA is going further and further off the rails, we of Lutheran CORE…
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Consider the contrasting good news and not-so-good news ministry challenges that are confronting many of our congregations in 2024: Good News: Many local churches have now been blessed by the…
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Click Here to Read the November 2023 CORE Voice Newsletter Subscribe to Our Newsletter Click Here for the Print Friendly Version of the November 2023 CORE Voice Newsletter
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