Lectionary blog: Good news for those with too much bad news
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Good news for those with too much bad news

Lectionary for April 17, 2022 Easter Sunday Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; 1 Corinthians 15:19-26; Luke 24:1-12 It’s been a tough year since last Easter, right? After two years of…

ELCA Church Council considers debt, discipline and a declaration to the Muslim community
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ELCA Church Council considers debt, discipline and a declaration to the Muslim community

The Church Council of the ELCA met March 31–April 2. The council, which serves as the ELCA’s board of directors, took action on a variety of matters before this church….

2024 ELCA Youth Gathering location announced
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2024 ELCA Youth Gathering location announced

The ELCA has announced that the 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering will be held in New Orleans, July 16-20. The Gathering pre-events—the Multicultural Youth Leadership Event (MYLE) and the tAble, the…

Called to mission
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Called to mission

Andrea Talentino never expected to find herself living in the Midwest. An educator with deep ties to, and a long history of serving at, East Coast institutions, she nevertheless felt…

Values-based innovation
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Values-based innovation

Committed to the accessibility and affordability of higher education, Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) in Tacoma, Wash., has sworn off annual tuition hikes in favor of a fixed tuition that covers…

An interfaith call to peace for Ukraine
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An interfaith call to peace for Ukraine

A group of interreligious leaders, including ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton, has issued a statement calling for peace in Ukraine. “Though we have been anxious about the recent growing…

Finding safety for Afghan women lawyers and judges
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Finding safety for Afghan women lawyers and judges

When Wendy Taube, a member of Luther Memorial Lutheran Church, Chicago, heard the news in August that the U.S. military would be leaving Afghanistan after 20 years, she was filled…

“Telling the truth is difficult”
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“Telling the truth is difficult”

When Jeff Crim learned that the McMinn County School Board in Tennessee had voted to remove the acclaimed graphic novel Maus from its eighth-grade curriculum, he was, in a word,…

A love letter to African descent communities
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A love letter to African descent communities

Nicolette Marie Peñaranda started dreaming about a new Black History Month project shortly after she began her role as ELCA program director for African Descent Ministries in 2021. She had…