Nicholas Tangen

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Check out Nicholas’ published pieces, guest blogs, and other writing!


Sundays and Seasons This rich, reliable resource for worship planning offers an expansive library of content and ideas for liturgy, music, preaching, and visuals in one convenient location.


Bearings Online is a web-based publication produced several times a week that examines relationships between religion and culture, highlights unexplored facets of contemporary religious life, and suggests faithful responses to today’s problems and opportunities.

Welcomed as Christ: How Benedictine Spirituality Rescued My Faith – Nicholas Tangen June 21st 2019


Currents in Theology and Mission offers theological essays and book reviews on a wide spectrum of theological literature, as well as exegetical and homiletical resources for every Sunday and major festival in the church year…Currents aims to provide resources for mission, ministry, and theological growth for pastors and other church leaders. 

Identifying the Intersections – Youth Ministry and the ELCA’s Social Statement ‘Faith, Sexism, and Justice: A Call to Action’ – Nicholas Tangen, Vol 47 No. 2 (2020)


Journal of Lutheran Ethics (JLE) is a free, monthly, ecclesial online publication living out the Lutheran tradition of addressing social issues theologically, using the resources of historical, theological, and ethical tradition, biblical interpretation, and social sciences.

Christ at the Border: Finding Courage to Resist in a Theology of the Cross – Nicholas Tangen Dec 2019


Living Lutheran is your source for news, reflections and stories from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and its local and global companions. We cover religious news and social issues, congregational life, global and domestic mission, family matters, spiritual practices and resources, and more.

Catalysts for Justice and Grace – Community Organizing Has Tangible Impact. – Nicholas Tangen October 14th 2019

Night Songs – Congregation, community take in beauty of the cosmos, engage in climate action – Nicholas Tangen May 2020


The Minneapolis Area Synod works together so that all experience gracious invitation into life-giving Christian community and live in just and healthy neighborhoods.

Come for the Food, Stay for the Community – Nicholas Tangen November 2019

Confirmation, context, and community – Nicholas Tangen December 2019

Embodying the liturgy – Nicholas Tangen February 2020

Confirming what is being reformed – Nicholas Tangen June 2020

For the sake of our neighbors – Nicholas Tangen September 2020

Cultural healing and expression – Nicholas Tangen September 2020

The law and the gospel – Nicholas Tangen September 2020

Sowing seeds for a just future – Nicholas Tangen November 2020


Gain insightful tips, perspectives, and ideas in the Sparkhouse Blog, designed for ministry leaders to spark faith in their communities.

Take a walk; say a prayer – Nicholas Tangen July 2021

Congregations as Communities of Practice – Nicholas Tangen August 2021

Building Community with One-to-ones – Nicholas Tangen September 2021

Shifting from Goal-setting to Systems Work – Nicholas Tangen October 2021

Asset-Based Ministry – Nicholas Tangen November 2021

The Role of Prayer in Our Work toward Justice and Community – Nicholas Tangen December 2021

Oral History as Congregational Practice – Nicholas Tangen January 2022

Asset Mapping in your Neighborhood – February 2022

Healthy Conflict in Church Communities – Nicholas Tangen March 2022


Creative Nursing A Journal of Values, Issues, Experience, and Collaboration has been a voice for health care thought leaders and innovators since 1981. Founded by nursing pioneer and award-winning author Marie Manthey, Creative Nursing is a themed peer-reviewed quarterly professional journal. Each issue brings readers insights into topics of interest to health care professionals from various practice settings.

Review: Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor, By Layla Saad – Nicholas Tangen, Vol 27 Issue 1, 2021

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  • November 20, 2023 by NicholasTangen A spirituality of stability roots us in place.
  • August 7, 2023 by NicholasTangen The problem with problems: Why gifts animate our social change work.
  • July 31, 2023 by NicholasTangen Gathering with neighbors at National Night Out
  • July 3, 2023 by NicholasTangen When national pride is hard to find.
  • June 26, 2023 by NicholasTangen Our neighborhoods tell stories.
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