In 2016, the ELCA Churchwide Assembly made an unprecedented commitment to becoming a more authentically diverse church. Over the last three years, congregations, synods and the churchwide organization have been…
Mark Erson’s complex and innovative ministry can best be understood by a single photo he took in Edinburgh, Scotland, during a visit to the city’s famed artistic Festival Fringe. It’s…
It’s not unusual to have a calendar on a wall, but the one facing worshipers at St. Barnabas Lutheran Church, Plymouth, Minn., is a colorful array of stained-glass windows outlining…
Years ago, I experienced adverse reactions to various foods I’d eaten. My doctor took months to pinpoint the issue, and I lost a good amount of weight in the process….
People fleeing for their lives, surrounded by walls of flame. The fury of Mother Nature tearing through everything in its path. Those who have managed to get out safely wondering…
As the school year winds down and Memorial Day approaches, families with kids adjust to major shifts in weather, activities and schedules. In many congregations, children’s ministry also downshifts. But…
Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa, is breaking ground as one of the first ELCA schools to sponsor an esports (electronic sports) program, which is a fast-growing arena in…
The members of the Prairie Coteau Conference Runners Club in South Dakota are used to being a little misunderstood. Club treasurer Barb Kromer says their name often confuses outsiders, who…
No person is an island, the English poet and cleric John Donne noted four centuries ago—and neither are ELCA congregations in Hawaii. “People think there is this body of the…
Editor’s note: “There are no young people here” is a common refrain as some worry about the future of the church. But young adults are indeed active across the ELCA…
As assistant cross-country coach Anna Sorenson pounds the pavement with her team of runners, conversation helps the miles pass more quickly. Between her words of encouragement, Sorenson hears about the…
Kathryn Ives’ life was forever touched by mental illness more than 25 years ago when two of her four daughters were diagnosed as young adults with bipolar disorder. Today, she’s…
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