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Faith in Action
Learning liturgy
Focal verse “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit”…
Faith in Action
A call to service and a pandemic
Like Abraham and Sarah, Daniel and Emily Womack stepped out in faith, not knowing where they were going, only doing their best to faithfully follow where they sensed God was…
Mission & Ministry
A shared experience
When Chad Fothergill arrived on the Valparaiso (Ind.) University campus as a student of the Lutheran Summer Music (LSM) Academy & Festival in 2000, he had no inclination of his…
Faith in Action
Mother’s Day: It’s complicated
Every year on the second Sunday of May, people across the U.S. honor the sacrificial love of mothers. It’s a time for family and festivities. Many celebrate by buying flowers,…
Faith in Action
The enduring love for church cookbooks
With numerous online recipes at any cook’s fingertips, people might think that church cookbooks are a thing of the past. But in Lutheran congregations, with their long history of congregational…
Faith in Action
The joy of not-knowing
One of my favorite unexpected joys of parenthood is how much I learn from reading children’s books. My older son has been fascinated with a book called Turtles and Snails…
Faith in Action
Easter’s surprise
Focal verse “But I will hope continually, and will praise you yet more and more” (Psalm 71:14). Reflection Our children currently love the Elephant & Piggie books by Mo Willems….
Faith in Action
Gifts of hope
A Nebraska congregation’s annual holiday market turned hope into action more than ever in 2020, ending a year of uncertainty and transition with a triumphant exclamation point thanks to some…
Faith in Action
An Easter Vigil at home
My son is in high school, and he and I were talking about our Holy Week plans. I shared that our congregation wasn’t having an Easter Vigil due to the…
Faith in Action
Truth and reparation
In the wake of George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis last summer, ELCA congregations across Minnesota have considered the ways in which they were engaged with racial justice. Congregations at the…
Faith in Action
Singing our faith
Focal verse “O sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth” (Psalm 96:1). Reflection Last year, like many children across the country, my daughter…
Mission & Ministry
To cultivate hope
They fled Africa after witnessing unthinkable violence in Somalia, Rwanda and the Republic of the Congo. They escaped Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, knowing that to stay—or return—would be a…
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