Recently added articles from Women Magazine:
Editorial.(The Lutheran World Communion at Winnipeg, Canada)(Editorial)
Jul 01, 2003; Singh, Priscilla ... Dear Friends, God's Grace and Peace be with you all! The Lutheran World Communion goes to Winnipeg, Canada to meet as an Assembly on the theme "For the Healing of the World" Why did we choose this theme? "For the Healing of the World" is the most ...
Healing obstacles: a bible study on John 5:1-18.(barriers of discrimination)
Jul 01, 2003; Hamlen, Polly ... This bible study addresses the general topic of healing, the theme of the LWF Assembly in July. More particularly, it examines the issue of "Barriers that Exclude," which will be one of the subtopics discussed in the Assembly Village Groups. As you follow the bible study, you are also ...
Healing relationships by claiming our rights: the story of Achsah.(women in India)
Jul 01, 2003; Sangeetha, D. Rebecca ... Introduction Today we live in a socio-politico-cultural- landscape where questions of 'power', 'space' and 'authority' and 'identity' acquire great pertinence. Taking a look at most of the problems that we face today, brings to mind a phrase, which I feel will best reflect the ...
God in our midst.(Central America)(Column)
Jul 01, 2003; Cortez, Katia Maria ... I come from Central America, a tiny geographic space located in the center of the American continent. We believe that: "God is the creator of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen ...", "That God created existence out of nothing for the life of all humanity". God, the Parent of ...
The healing God.(Youn Yang Hee, Bethel Lutheran Church, Seoul Korea)(Column)
Jul 01, 2003; Hee, Youn Yang ... Yahweh Rapah! This means that God is the healer. Many people who do not believe in Jesus Christ would go to a doctor first when they are sick. I would like to witness to God as the Healer, who cures all kinds of difficulties, illnesses of bodies and minds, problems of families and ...
Healing word of God.(United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India)
Jul 01, 2003; Rani, Vidhya ... "'God saw that it was Good!'" was the exclamation after the accomplishment of every creation in the beginning of the Scriptures. If so, then why is there yet another exclamation from the Lamb of God sitting on the throne saying, "I am making everything new", towards the end of Scripture? ...
Salvation and healing.(Evangelical Lutheran Church in Braunschweig, Germany)
Jul 01, 2003; Biersack, Anna-Dorothea ... 1. The bible encourages us to stand up more often for healing relations between the people and the whole creation. Are we and are our churches such healing communities? Christians do have special duties concerning healing. Somehow we create a healing effect and develop healing power while ...
Eucharist as a healing gift.(Evangelical Lutheran Chruch in Guyana)(Column)
Jul 01, 2003; Roberts, Margaret ... As a parish pastor, one of my favorite texts for healing ministry is Revelation 21:1-7. John's vision on the island of Patmos gives us hope for life in the New Jerusalem. A quick glimpse at the facts of today's world makes this vision seem unrealistic. Further analysis of the ...
Healing aspects of mourning liturgies.(Women's Liturgy Movement)
Jul 01, 2003; Enzner-Probst, Brigitte ... The Women's Liturgy Movement--a Place of Healing Experiences for Women In the women's liturgical movement, which has evolved in the last thirty years in America, Europe and all over the world (1) the moment of bodily expression of mourning and loss, of grief and suffering has ...
Naming as healing.(West Africa)(Column)
Jul 01, 2003; Barnett, Marie ... Healing was a main locus in the ministry of Jesus. There are so many instances in the Bible where he manifested this in healing people who had faith and believed. Some asked for his forgiveness and he had mercy on them. In the West African Region, there are many stories of healing, ...
Healing from oppressive cultures and traditions.(Tanzania)(Column)
Jul 01, 2003; Mbise, Loe Rose ... I am a woman from Tanzania in Africa. I am married and have three beautiful teenage daughters. My fourth daughter only lived for about two hours after her birth. According to most African cultures, my husband should have remarried by now because giving birth to girls is ...
Prophesy as an aspect to bring healing.(Miriam Peng, Wu-Zih Holy Light Church, Taiwan)(Column)
Jul 01, 2003; Peng, Miriam ... I belong to Wu-Zih Holy Light Church, which is quite in the middle of Taiwan. I am a Lutheran pastor's wife. On June 14,1996, when I sat down under a tree in our church yard, reading Scriptures and praying in tongues, some words came in my mouth: The Land of London and Canada. I was so ...
Healing through ecumenical partnership: an intiative of the ecumenical women of Botswana.(in the Spirit)
Jul 01, 2003; Kobue, Margaret ... Introduction In observance of the International Women's Day and by following the texts of John 17 and Psalm 133, the Ecumenical Women's Desk in Botswana has forged ahead to initiate a partnership for healing. The initiative is designed to bring together Christian women and key ...
Healing the unemployed youth.(Evangelical Lutheran Church, Braunschweig, Germany)
Jul 01, 2003; Richter, Sabine ... For the past four years, our church has set a specific task for the office for youth work, to work with the youth on unemployment through churches and schools. The scope of duties include development and promotion of concepts for an Evangelical youth work with an orientation to life and ...
Affirmative practice of healing in the Nordic Region.(Lutheran Church, YWCA and Diaconic Institution Lovisenberg establish Resource Center against Violence and Sexual Abuse)
Jul 01, 2003; Leskinen, Reetta ... In Norway, the Lutheran Church together with the YWCA and the Diaconic Institution Lovisenberg, have established a Foundation to run a center for abused women. The Resource Center against Violence and Sexual Abuse was started five years ago and its aim is to carry out the diaconal function ...
Church as a healing agent.(Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa)(Column)
Jul 01, 2003; Maguga, Nosipho ... I am a mother of three children, a widow/single parent and also a child of God protected by the blood of Jesus. My work as a Women's Desk Coordinator at ELCSA was to help the two groups of women to work together in the church; Women of Uniform and the other women's group who do not wear ...
Visioning for healing.(Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria)(Column)
Jul 01, 2003; Bongi, Michal R. ... Introduction The Advanced Learner's Dictionary defines vision as 'power of seeing or imagining, looking ahead, grasping the truth that underlies facts.' This definition highlights the need for visions for the healing of the world. This need cannot be overemphasized for "where ...
Consecration of healers.(the Story of Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden retold)(Short Story)
Jul 01, 2003; Lohre, Kathryn ... The trees are swaying with the wind, Swaying all the way back to the beginning, and forth to the Kingdom of God. ALL: There were no grasses, plants, or trees growing anywhere When God created the heavens and the earth, Only streams which rippled ...
The Journey to Start Anew.(Poems)(Poem)
Jul 01, 2003; Solomon, Patty ... <Pre> The Journey to Start Anew The gap between young and old Is often separated by a wall Naivity, hostility and others prevail That wall protects us all? "God help the younger generation! They'll never make it! Some say Negative criticisms and ...
Nature's Resounding Fear.(Poems)(Poem)
Jul 01, 2003; Solomon, Patty ... <Pre> Nature's Resounding Fear Ever notice how easy it is For us to quickly destroy Things in our environment Created thousands of years before? Our world no longer breathes in peace Her waters are clean no more Pollutants infest her nostrils ...
