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Faith in Action

An ‘Olive Agenda’ for America

Pope Francis realizes economics and ecology must coexist.

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Faith in Action

Fitness, fellowship and faith

Hold the post-worship pastries and put on your walking shoes.

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Mission & Ministry

A month of peaceful dialogue

Shaina Lidd, a Jewish American, and Mathilda Nassar, a Lutheran from the occupied West Bank, have a friendship that might seem unlikely to some. When they met and Nassar said…

Halloween: Trick or treat?
Faith in Action

Halloween: Trick or treat?

When the toddler daughter of a friend was just learning to talk, she spent Halloween shouting, “Trick treat! Trick treat!” She was way ahead of her time, that youngster, for…

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Faith in Action

‘True Tales from Trinity’

A stool is placed next to the lectern and an old-fashioned radio is set on top. A man wearing headphones pretends to turn on the radio and then speaks into…

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Two boys but one world

“We have the means to assist people … all we need is the will.”

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Faith in Action

A home away from home

A congregation makes Latino outreach an important ministry.

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Rising up together

Click here to see all the photos from the 2015 ELCA Youth Gathering. Photos by Chris Ocken. At a neighborhood park in Detroit, Callan Geier, 17,  and David Philpot, 74,…

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Let’s raise disciples

Christian parents and caregivers have the difficult and blessed task of raising disciples. When our children are baptized as infants, we profess our belief in their full and complete membership…

Environmental vocation sprang from camp
Mission & Ministry

Environmental vocation sprang from camp

Dan Huff first went to camp when he was 5 years old, and in some ways he never left. He became captivated with the camp’s nature hut, which led to…