Contents

The Big Questions
From the time we were children, we've asked, "why?" To be human is to ask questions. What do we learn from asking the "big questions"?

Hurricane Katrina: One Year Later
Michael D. Nevergall
It's nearly a year since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf states. Lutherans are there to help for the long haul.

A Life Less Ordinary
Anne Keffer
This deaconess has a passion for working with children and spreading God's love, transcending age, religions, and social barriers.

What to Say
Christa von Zychlin
What should we say? How should we respond when someone is going through difficult times?

Breathing in the Big Questions
Gwen Saylor
Breathing deeply into her questions all the way to the cross and empty tomb centered and calmed her mother's spirit and expanded her spiritual airways.

The Good that Comes
Martha E. Stortz
The good that comes of suffering is a Good that suffers with us.

Departments

Voices
The Hard Questions
Kate Sprutta Elliott

Give Us This Day
The Teaching Voice
Marj Leegard

Calendar Notes
September.
Audrey Novak Riley

Let Us Pray
A Place Filled with Prayer
Debra K. Farrington

Bible Study
Hope in God in Times of Suffering
Terry and Faith Fretheim
Session 1: Making Sense of Suffering
A key question that often arises in connection with suffering is: Why? The Bible helps us make several distinctions about this question.

We Recommend
Resources for action, advocacy, programs, or further study.

Health Wise
The Scoop on Supplements
Molly M. Ginty

Grace Notes
Of Neck Pumpkins and Change
Linda Post Bushkofsky

Amen!
Trusting in Mysteries
Catherine Malotky

Plus...

Directory of Reader Services
Subscription, editorial, and ordering information.

Women of the ELCA Scholarships
Your gifts lighten the load.
Terri Lackey