Greg Tvrdik fondly recalls playing a magi as a teen in the living nativity at First Lutheran Church, Alexandria, Minn. Now, 25 years later, as the church’s director of church…
From soup to puppies, Lutheran campus ministries are being creative when it comes to finals week stress relief. At the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, it’s “Finals Week Hospitality”; at Indiana…
Now that our son Jack is nearly 2 and communicating using words and phrases, my husband and I have been pondering how we’ll teach him about Advent and Christmas. Last…
Editor’s note: Martin Luther famously said, “Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise” (Luther’s Works, Vol. 53). The ELCA still holds tightly to Luther’s understanding. In…
Everyone belongs in The Tribe. Anyone belongs in The Tribe. No matter who they are, where they come from or how they’re feeling, The Tribe welcomes them. It’s the group’s guiding…
On Sept. 5, nine elders of Temeke Lutheran Church in Tanzania arrived in Hancock, Mich., to spend 16 days with hosts Finlandia University and Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. The university…
Victoria Rose Meek has a hard time choosing only one moment for when she realized how much of an impact the Inside Out Prison Exchange Program had on her, her…
As a junior at Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill., Samira Radi frequently hung out at Micah House, where one of her closest friends lived. Radi, a Catholic, was captivated…
The holiday season is a time of joy and celebration for many Lutherans as they gather with friends and family to celebrate Advent and Christmas. But for more than 65…
ELCA Research and Evaluation shows pastors are retiring in record numbers, and there has been a sharp decrease in seminary enrollment. The result is a shortage of ministers—a growing problem….
The children went from the street to the stage. When Lim Forgey noticed children playing in the dumpster outside of Christ Lutheran Church, Visalia, Calif., where he works as music…
The roots of a mature Cassia tree are 13 feet deep. In Chole, Malawi, Shadrack Tsatautenda’s roots are deeper than that. Tsatautenda has been cultivating Cassia trees for two years;…
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