Robert C. Blezard

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After 25 fun years in journalism, ending with a wonderful job at The Lutheran magazine, the message God was telling me for years finally sunk in: "Don't write about ministry. Do ministry." So I retooled, was ordained in 2006 and now serve as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Arendtsville, Pa. Between the church and two wonderful children — Kaleigh and Kristian — life is never dull, sometimes challenging but always joyful and fulfilling.

• Pastoral debt
  ELCA rallies to help reduce student debt for leaders
• Cultivating quiet (study guide)
• Why bigger is better
  Dairy farmer leads in innovation
• Help for your congregation
• 'We try to learn from each other'
  In this family, dad is a bishop and daughter is soon to be a rabbi
• Mary Nelson
  Fostering leadership is strength of community developer
• Seeing the world through God's eyes
  Cultural immersion in Mexico gives U.S. Lutherans new vision for ministry
• One big world
  Benevolence is how Pennsylvania congregation stays connected
• 'Un mundo inmenso'
  La beneficencia es la forma en que se mantiene conectada una congregación de Pennsylvania
• A place for peace
  Lutheran World Relief provides aid and works for peace in war-torn Colombia
• Are prisons more important than people?
• Unconditional & unbelievable
  Congregations serve prisoners, ex-offenders and their families
• For extra credit
  12 other words
• Life: precious and short
  Susquehanna class affirms life by teaching about death
• 'We lived the miracle'
  Mine rescue and 9/11 crash alter life in Pa. county
• Meet the E-team
• Michigan: Living in freedom
• Out of the fog, into the sunshine
  One man's delivery from depression
• Open doors for men
  Lutheran Men in Mission gathers for inspiration and to share ideas
• Not forgotten
  Lutherans provide care and seek justice for family farmers
• 'We're here to stay'
  A church faces the future by going back to 'the neighborhood'
• There's room for this inn
  N.Y. congregation renovates home for teenage mothers
• Talkback Church
  Innovative worship lets the congregation explore issues together
• Why are people poor now?
  The economic express whisks many to wealth but passes by millions
• Farm support
  Lutherans help family farmers suffering despite prosperous times
• Angel with a doll face
  A toymaker comes to the rescue when a congregation's treasure is damanged
• The power of the meek
  To every generation, Jesus reveals afresh the true nature of power
• Baby food
  When newborns arrive, so do the home-cooked meals from a caring congregation
• Planting seeds in Haiti
  Lutheran-supported co-op helps poor farmers find strength in numbers
• The mall next door
  Development gives a struggling church opportunity for preaching, ministry and growth
• the FIRST Lutheran church
  Civil disobedience marked the beginning of the ELCA's oldest congregation
• Floyd's fury
  Hurricane causes flood reminiscent of Red River in '97
• Sister act
  Amazing things happen when congregations link in friendship to people in Latin America
• Men gather in the Rockies
• Hope for AD2K
  As possible computer problems loom, Lutherans are urged to prepare, not panic
• Handmade
  The ultimate do-it-yourself congregation builds itself a new church
• Christus Rex
  Statue in Arkansas church is a labor of love for Illinois dentist
• Hope for Haiti
  Lutherans teach democracy to heal an impoverished nation
• Protecting God's people
  Churches take steps to keep visitors, staff safe
• Walking together
  Combined ministry has enriched MIT students for a quarter century
• Helping a poor nation's poorest people
  Self-help undergirds Lutheran work with Dominican sugar workers
• Mission minded
  The ELCA is counting on congregations to sponsor new churches in growth areas
• Bridging Miami's cultures
  The ELCA's largest Hispanic church helps lead a major mission initiative
• Rising water, rising stress
  Bad market deepens crisis for Dakota farmers in flooding basins
• Building better men
  Changing times and roles spark new ministries to nurture relationships and spiritual growth
• Multiculturalism in the new millenium
  Today the ELCA worships in an astonishing number of languages
• Comunica esperanza
  Global Mission Event communicates hope in the Caribbean
• The word made visible
  Visual art can help us plumb new depths of faith
• Hurricane force
  Lutherans in the Caribbean and Gulf clean up after Georges
• Red River recovery
  Life is inching toward normal after the flood of '97