Tag: Traditions

In honor of Arab American Heritage Month, ELCA Racial Justice Ministries will be elevating the voices of our Arab and Middle Eastern Descent peers and reposting their works from other sources around the ELCA. The following article is cross-posted from the Voices of Faith section of Living Lutheran online. The original post can be found here. Courtesy of Grace El-Yateem By: Grace El-Yateem | April 15, 2026 STEADY FAITH, STRONG TRADITIONS, LASTING IMPRESSION An Arab American Christian reflects on her community’s quiet but profound impact on the American Lutheran life April is Arab American Heritage Month in the United States. While this…

I think I am going to start writing more ‘Book Impressions’ in the days to come, for the blog. I won’t be writing full fledged reviews, but just presenting my raw impressions as I finish this or that book. By the way, I do read a lot of theology books as time passes by; I just rarely share any of that here (you mostly get my Barth readings and reflections these days). Anyway, I just finished another book, and below is my reflection on it. The book: Bernard McGinn, Visions of the End: Apocalyptic Traditions in the Middle Ages. I started…