As the ELCA prepares to spend the next year observing the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, several ELCA congregations can celebrate their individual rich histories. Ten churches, mostly on the…
Ella Myer has seen the beauty of God’s hand at work in ways many Americans will never experience. The 26-year-old, who has served as an ELCA missionary in Lithuania since 2013,…
When Grace Evangelical Lutheran in Oak Ridge, Tenn., began looking for new ways to serve its congregation and community, longtime member Cleva Marrow didn’t hesitate to speak up. Marrow, who’s…
During the day, people come and go, visiting the offices of the Salvadoran Lutheran Church behind the safe house. By 10 p.m., the high, metal gate is closed, battening down…
Cesar’s model town was designed to keep oil, grease and other toxins from polluting the local river. Sponges, cotton balls and other absorbent materials dotted the cardboard-and-aluminum foil town, built…
The year was 1969 and Larry Fair remembers being dropped off with three siblings at his new home, The Wartburg, a Lutheran ministry in Mount Vernon, N.Y., in the suburbs…
Sunday school classes in Cameroon and the Central African Republic (CAR) are bursting at the seams. As many as 150 students turn up each week in the 500 congregations of…
The small village where I served with the Peace Corps had never hosted a volunteer. Nestled beside one of the two roads in the country, an eight-hour bus ride from…
It’s summer in Chicago, and the air is thick and balmy. In the Albany Park neighborhood, rows of lush, green plants—daikon, cucumbers, zucchini, carrots—bask in the heat. Hasta Bhattarai, who…
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Duluth, Minn., suffered a fire Feb. 18 that destroyed much of its furnishings, including the organ, piano, altar and stained-glass windows. The 110-year-old Gothic-style building and…
As my daughter Junie prepares to go to college this fall, I think of our journey over the last year as a sort of spiritual pilgrimage. By naming the college…
For many young adults, the arrival of August signifies the start of the college journey, a time to pack bags, leave home (maybe) and study independently among thousands of other…
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