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A parishioner’s letter to Nils Lund
Fall/Winter 2023-2024
In 1922, 101 years ago this past summer, at the age of 37, Reverend Nils W. Lund (1885-1954) left the church he pastored in Boston for an appointment at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago. During his time at the Covenant Church’s seminary he would become known as a teacher, dean, renowned scholar, thoughtful theologian, and, notably, an innovative writer and biblical thinker. Before all this, however, he was distinguished more plainly in his Swedish immigrant parish as “Pastor Lund.” On the day of his farewell service from his church, Paul Anderson of Arlington, Massachusetts, a parishioner and friend, wrote Pastor Nils a letter that fondly recalled his years of ministry.
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Something that doesn’t love a wall
Fall/Winter 2014
Robert Frost, the celebrated American poet, penned these words a hundred years ago in his poem, “Mending Wall.”
