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Literary Reflections by Jon Hassler From the one-room chapel in a prairie town to the grandiose cathedral on a city street, churches -- which embody the spiritual history of their towns and neighborhoods -- stand at the heart of the Minnesota landscape. In this new book, photographer Doug Ohman and award-winning writer Jon Hassler (of Staggerford fame) come together to honor these architectural icons and share the stories of faith that built and now sustain these sacred spaces. Through the seasons, Ohman has traveled to every corner of Minnesota to document the beauty of the state’s most evocative church structures of present and past, and in this book he showcases one hundred of his most exquisite interior and exterior shots with a colorful survey of a broad range of architecture. In the “sure-handed, honest language” ( New York Times ) for which he is renowned, Hassler reflects on his own spirituality and his evolving faith in the church and its people. A graceful complement to Ohman’s images, Hassler’s remembrances chronicle how one’s connection with these spiritual grounds grows and changes with the milestones of life. Churches of Minnesota is the second book in a new series by the Minnesota Historical Society called Minnesota Byways. The first book is Barns of Minnesota with photography by Ohman and a story by Will Weaver. REL - 01 Jacketed Hardcover $19.95
CA
2 - 06
Paperback $14.95
This book, boldly emblazoned
with a picture
of Martin Luther
smack-dab on the front cover, is divided into 10 categories so it has
something
for almost everyone...Steadfast Lutherans, Contemporary Lutherans,
Scandinavian
Lutherans, Country Church Lutherans, Lutheran Church Basement Women,
etc. A great gift idea for
Lutherans of all types,
(ALC, ELC,
LFC, LCA, LCMS, AFLC, ELCA,...) and for non-Lutherans who are trying to
figure
out their quiet and decent non-dancing, hotdish-eating neighbors. CA 2 - 17 Paperback $8.95
This is written for
full-blooded Lutherans,
halfhearted
Lutherans, Lutheran Wannabes and non-Lutherans who get dragged to the
St. Olaf
Christmas Concert and don't know why. It contains entries such as,
"Zacchaeus -- a New Testament figure who, like many a Lutheran woman,
was
up a tree because company was coming to visit" and "Dust -- the
origin of mankind, and the downfall of Lutheran women."
A humor cookbook with all
your favorite
church basement
recipes supplemented with short stories, theories and great pictures of
your
aunts and their neighbors. If you don't feel like cooking,
just
sit down,
read this book, laugh right out loud, and order out! MH 1 - 03 Paperback $14.95
A Catholic-Lutheran lexicon
for those who
have forgotten
what it was like in the 50's. This little book is packed with
great
one-liners such as, "They had incense; we had Air Wick" and
"They had Patron Saints; we pretty much fended for ourselves!" CA 2 - 02 Paperback $7.95
This book was used in grades
4 through 8 in R -
01 $8.95
Mark Brodin, producer/director "Way to make me bawl out
loud--all alone--on
a Saturday
night! When something evokes emotion in this old Norwegian Lutheran
body, you
know you have something that hits close to the heart. This is an
absolutely
beautiful, touching documentary."
An email from
Suzann Nelson to the producer of the video. It is apparent that this
video was not made
by someone
simply assigned a job. . . and it wasn't. Mark Brodin, producer and
director,
is a former member of the Founded in the 1870s by
Norwegian immigrant
farmers who were
seeking to raise crops, families and community, they placed their most
loved
building in their most loved spot--a church in the middle of a
cornfield. For
the next 125 years, Delafield provided spiritual and social sustenance
and
continuity to subsequent generations. That continuity was broken in
1998 when
the small congregation decided to disband and give away their beloved
building. Although this story takes
place in
southwestern This video, which aired on
many public
television stations
in 2002, would be a great gift for anyone who grew up in rural areas,
and a
wonderful donation to church libraries. VCR - 05
$29.99
Videotape NOW $22.00
Authors Nelson & Martin read an abridged version of their bestselling book, Growing Up Lutheran, in their natural Norwegian-American brogues. Chapters are introduced with excerpts from familiar Lutheran hymns. In other words, there are no hymns from the green hymnal or With One Voice. Truckers can shoot right across Kansas or Montana when they listen to this, and people in the hospital can shoot right through the day...unless they have had stitches. In the case of stitches, the authors recommend the book version. Why get sewn up again? The doctor has better things to do with his time, like finding a cure for hot flashes. Additional readers, also with great natural Norwegian-American brogues, add interest and humor in several chapters. Thanks to friends Ron Nelson, Miriam Nelson, Dr. Stephen "Gabe" Gabrielson, Olaf Bakke and Randy Johnson. Vocals are by Ron Nelson, and organ music is provided by "Gabe" Gabrielson, aka "Ole himself, then!" NOTE: This is not a DVD or video. It is an audio-book reading on three compact discs (CDs); three hours (180 minutes). AB - 01 $19.95 Those Lutheran Ladies: Live at Medora Just
when we think everyone in the U.S. and Canada must already have eight
or nine copies of this 20-minute humor tape, we get more orders for it!
No, we aren't complaining, and no, it isn't music, and we
don't
sing
or play instruments — at least not in public. But now, in response to
requests, it is again available in both cassette and CD
formats.
"Those
Lutheran Ladies" are, of course, Janet Letnes Martin and me, Suzann
Nelson. Yup, I guess we are still funny, but perhaps not as
peppy
as
we were in 1998. Go to 'Those
Lutheran Ladies'.
Recorded live in 1998 at the Medora Musical (held each
summer in
the
Theodore Roosevelt National Park), this humorous tape, about
growing up
on farms in quiet Norwegian-Lutheran communities in the 50s in the
Midwest, is perhaps tied in popularity with our book, Growing
Up Lutheran.
 Only two of the trivets depicting the Six Lutheran Food Groups remain...and they are really marked down.
Funeral Fillings: Minced Ham on White, Egg Salad on Wheat,
Cheese
Whiz
and Olives on Rye, i.e., "dead spreads" CA 2 - 118d Trivet
$9.95 NOW $4.00
CA 2 -
18f Trivet $9.95 NOW $4.00
Above Martin Luther's Seal it
says, "This is
Most
Certainly True" and below it the shirt is stamped just like a passport
saying, "Confirmed Lutheran!" Good for today's confirmands as well as
for those who "read for the minister" when memory work really
mattered and "Public Questioning" or catechization was enough to make
Lutheran boys' voices squeak in public. Available in Reformation Red. CA 2-11a Red T-shirt
S, M, L,
XL -
$16.00
When you're not
drying dishes, you can
use this towel
for picking eggs, for headgear for the kid playing Joseph in the Sunday
School
Christmas program, or for keeping your "do" in place before a big
"doing." White with red printing. MH 1 - 07 Dishtowel $7.95  Jell-O Apron Redesigned! This is a no-nonsense apron
in "new" hymnal
red is
a little sturdier than those flimsy, see-through organdy ones you got
when you
were a "waitress" at your cousins' weddings. Also good for
men
who dish up mashed potatoes at church suppers or try to be modern
city-slickers
and flip burgers in the backyard. The motto above the bowl of Jell-O
states:
"Lutheran Jell-O Power: One Box of Red Jell-O, One Cup of Whipping
Cream,
Fondly Remembered as Lutheran Cuisine!" MH 1 - 04
Apron $21.95
Order by
using the 'Place
an Order'
form or you may order by phone (800 494-9124). For payment
and
shipping
charges, see 'Place
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Growing Up
Lutheran: What Does this Mean? by
Suzann Nelson & Janet Martin
You
Know You
are Lutheran If..
"Confirmed
Lutheran"
T-shirt 