At last, David Hurtado can vote for his local school board members, hospital commissioners and legislators. “I have a voice,” said the Manson, Wash., resident, who voted for the first…
Editor’s note: the following is part of a series of articles from ELCA theologians, Rostered Ministers, seminarians/professors and other contributors that feature individual viewpoints on the Reformation’s importance on the occasion of…
Is your child afraid of the dark? Maybe you’ve felt afraid of the dark yourself. Nighttime, no matter your age, is scary. I recently found myself in rural Michigan and…
MaryAnn and Loren Anderson believe “there isn’t anyone who doesn’t want a church vibrant, alive, synergistic and abundant for their children and grandchildren to be a part of.” That’s one…
Twenty years ago, voting members of the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in Philadelphia faced a hard truth. Training pastors had become prohibitively expensive and the cost of theological education continued to…
In State College, Pa., Martin Luther’s message of grace for all resonated in a two-part program hosted by Grace Lutheran Church in April 2017. As a 500th anniversary of the…
“Our Lutheran Life” invites and encourages ELCA members to tell contemporary stories inspired by the Reformation about how the power of God’s grace plays out in the complexities of daily…
“There’s no place like home for the holidays,” claims the popular Christmas song. For many ELCA missionaries, however, celebrating Christmas away from home is an opportunity to bear witness to…
A guard opens the door to the nondescript room and about 40 men file in. Most are wearing blue jumpsuits; some wear orange. Their expressions vary widely, but nearly all…
Three years ago when Seth Nelson began his call at Faith Lutheran Church in Ronan, Mont., his parishioners repeatedly asked him: “Why aren’t people your age coming to church?” Nelson,…
Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day, a time to raise awareness of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), which often culminates in AIDS, (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). On this day, the ELCA…
Now that the ELCA’s Fund for Leaders has an endowment of more than $52 million and is funding 40 full-tuition scholarships in its most recent class of recipients, what’s next?…
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