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One of the requirements for a professor returning from sabbatical is a public talk on campus related to her or his research and writing during the months away from the classroom and campus. In the interest of looking back in order to plan forward, here is the introduction to and the conclusion of the presentation I gave after returning from a transformational sabbatical over a decade ago—a reminder of where I was then and where I have been going since.

Understanding the context in each of seven regions of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is essential for preparing the Assembly Study Book.

“I have exercised my office as bishop as a ministry and service for unity,” said the Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg, Frank Otfried July, in his message to the synod on 9 July.

How a year overseas unraveled and remade Sarah Hinlicky Wilson’s identity

By Ann Byle | Feb 08, 2021 Patrick Henry, retired executive director of the Collegeville Institute of Ecumenical Research in Minnesota, reflects on how he found varied facets of God’s grace in things simple and complex, ancient and modern. For his new book, Flashes of Grace: 33 Encounters with God(Eerdmans, out now) he looks everywhere — from Christian patriarchs such as Saint Benedict of Nursia to Katniss Everdeen, the fictional heroine of The Hunger Games, to PW talked to Patrick Henry about mystery and marvel and “loosening the spiritual joints.” (This conversat...