Instead of wrestling with their parents in the back pews during worship, toddlers at Grace Lutheran Church, Apple Valley, Minn., sit up front in the sanctuary. They’re stationed a few…
“There is a public narrative that African-American congregations are only recipients [of assistance]. We wanted our church (the ELCA) to see us differently. Rewriting the narrative is saying we also…
In the rural village of Ketumbeine, Tanzania, a group of mothers sit shoulder-to-shoulder under a cloudless sky stitching intricate little crosses out of brightly colored beads. Heads bent over their…
“What if I choose the wrong path? What if I go in one direction and find out later I was supposed to go in another?” As graduation season looms, students…
It’s spring, the season of fresh-smelling grass, birds chirping, daffodils blooming, blue skies, rain showers and warmer temperatures. For some in the United States, spring seems to be taking its…
Parents of small children are likely to have a long do and don’t list for worshiping as a family: Don’t tear the pages out of the hymnal. Don’t climb under…
Sometimes planning for the future can spur big changes in the present. That was the case for Elaine T. Jones and her daughter, Chanda Jones. Elaine, a retired teacher and…
Rolling, sun-kissed waves on the Pacific Ocean provide Jerry Phillips, a fourth-year undergraduate at the University of California–Santa Barbara (UCSB) more than a stage on which to improve his surfing…
The Bible-Belt funeral director didn’t know about the ELCA. All he knew was that an Evangelical Lutheran pastor would officiate at his client’s service in Nashville, Tenn. Surprised when Kevin…
A service led by Pastor Beeson at St. Matthew Trinity Lutheran Church in Hoboken, N.J., would look and sound familiar to most ELCA members, from its hymnals, to its weekly…
One of the most well-known works of art of all time, Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper is also one of the most important and influential paintings to Christians worldwide….
In April and May 2015, earthquakes shook Nepal, killing more than 8,600 and affecting more than 8 million people, many of whom were left homeless. Lutheran Disaster Response, working through…
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