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Watching for Easter
Jesus’ resurrection was an incredible moment. It transformed our lives, our world and eternity. And no one saw it. The story we read in the Gospels every Easter tells us…
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Reflecting on life and death this Lent
Focal verse “I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, because of your sharing in…
Mission & Ministry
Chopping for change
Marie was looking for a second chance. A self-described addict serving time in the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Ohio, she hoped for a brighter future that would include stability…
Mission & Ministry
A shared sense of global Lutheran identity
Last summer, Melissa Gómez-Yepes saw the Milky Way for the first time. Gómez-Yepes is from Medellín, Colombia, where she works as an evangelism coordinator in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of…
Faith in Action
What is a thriving congregation? (Part two)
Editor’s note: Part one explored how a grant awarded by Lilly Endowment Inc.’s Thriving Congregations Initiative has impacted St. Olaf College’s Nourishing Vocation Project. In the Minneapolis Area Synod, which…
Faith in Action
What is a thriving congregation? (Part one)
Imagine measuring congregational vitality by how alive people and faith communities feel in their gathering and in their interactions with their neighbors, instead of determining success by counting the number…
Faith in Action
Lutherpalians
More than two decades after the ELCA and The Episcopal Church became full communion partners, congregations from both denominations are joining forces in arrangements that many see as the way…
Faith in Action
Repairing homes and spirits
Henry Zorn, a pastor of Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in Cincinnati, is never at a loss for words to describe how the congregation’s disaster-relief ministry benefits people. From helping…
Mission & Ministry
Equipping for ministry
Beginning in the 1960s, Lutherans adopted a unique way of equipping people for ministry, as Christian leadership formation is described in Ephesians 4. A year serving a congregation as an…
Mission & Ministry
A sign of welcome
Kyle Svennungsen is a missionary in Bratislava, Slovakia, where, among other duties, he is pastor of the English-speaking Bratislava International Church. Its worship space in the city’s Old Town borough…
Faith in Action
An ordinary blessing for Christmas
Some of the sagest advice we receive in this life can sound like a simple thing we already know deep in our bodies, but it gains authority when we hear…
Mission & Ministry
A gift from Santa
This year some 5,600 older adults who are isolated, homebound, disabled and/or living on a fixed income in Washington or Oregon will receive a visit from Santa. But don’t tell…
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