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As broken but loved people, as humans who have been saved by the gospel, we still maintain the capacity for messing up our lives. | more »
Maybe we don't know how to decorate for Pentecost, the way we do for Christmas. It's great to change the paraments to red. But we could do so much more. | more »
Turns out jobs and cars were a little more complicated than I first believed. Lawns? Forget it. Lawns have always been way beyond my control. | more »
If we do not forgive and let go of our anger and grievances, they continues to hurt us.
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We tread here as one at the border of the thing itself, transfixed: One seeking
but a moment within the deeper mystery.
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The church is called to talk to anyone who is seeking to know and understand God’s love. That call is to all of us. | more »
Occasionally, glancing up from my computer at the train window, I would think we were going forward when in fact the neighboring train was the only one moving. | more »
This is no time to run and hide. It isn’t time to be caught asleep or medicating ourselves with escapist self-indulgence. | more »
Yesterday with members of my congregation’s outreach committee I attended two churches for worship to experience how these congregations welcome visitors and newcomers. | more »
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ELCA World Hunger helps an ELCA congregation in O’Fallon, Ill., reach out to its neighbors. | more »
Here are some safety tips to follow if you plan to set up an inflatable fun house for a congregational event. | more »
With some help from ELCA Missionary Sponsorship, youth groups in Decorah, Iowa, lead their community to help refugees in Syria. | more »
Something is lost in the daily grind; pastors need to be replenished after a time of hard work. | more »
The ELCA's "Ventures in Growing Stewards" workshop is just one way David Kappus promotes stewardship in the ELCA Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod. | more »
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