Volume One of the Emerging Voices Series:

Just Lutheran

Call for Submissions: Deadline March 15, 2009

Seeking submissions from a wide range of Lutheran experiences, from all types of calls (lay and rostered).

With dwindling church membership and divisions over social statements, it is easy to wonder what the Lutheran presence in the world is. In times when it has been hard to agree on theology, Lutherans continue to work together to strive for justice. In addition to the worldwide impact Lutherans have made to address hunger, poverty, genocide, global climate, disaster response, health and other quality of life issues. This issue of the Emerging Voices Series is a glimpse into the work of Lutherans around the world who feel called by their Lutheran faith to work for justice in ordinary and extraordinary ways.

Criteria:
Please submit a 1st person essay that describes how your Lutheran faith has informed your justice work and/or how your justice work has informed your Lutheran faith.

Stories must be original, true, uplifting, in English; narrative essay or; and poignant, heartwarming, inspiring, and/or humorous. Unpublished material preferred; some previously published material is acceptable. We do not publish material that has been or will be published in a mass market anthology or widely circulated magazine. Manuscripts are not returned.

Each submission must include the following:
Author's full and legal name
Author's mailing address
Author's phone number
Author's email address (if applicable)
Story title
Story wordcount (approximate)
Choose one of these submission methods:
Email (preferred): megan@welcomeministry.org

Mail: Rev. Megan Rohrer
1751 Sacramento St
San Francisco CA 94109

Additional materials may also be submitted: (electronic submission preferred) art, audio, video or pictures that illuminate your story are welcome and encouraged.

Diversity Accommodations Available: In order to represent a full spectrum of Lutherans of differing abilities, submissions do not need to be typed or fully written before they are submitted. If you are interested in working on a submission and would prefer to record your story or work with the editor through an interview story to come up with a story together please contact Megan Rohrer.

Please circulate or forward to others that you think would be interested in this project. But please do not send as SPAM.