Editor’s note: At presstime, Kelly Gissendaner’s fate was still undetermined. In 1998 she received the death penalty for persuading her boyfriend to murder her husband. If executed, Gissendaner would become…
When I first heard the idea of dogs in nursing homes, I thought, ‘No way,’” said Ted Goins, who was a nursing home administrator before becoming president and CEO of…
Megan Rohrer’s path to ministry could be likened to that of Jonah. Time and again Rohrer heard God’s call to become a pastor in the urgings of professors, pastors and…
The voice of child sexual exploitation is often the sound of deadening silence. But Cherish All Children, a decade-old national Lutheran ministry to prevent child sexual exploitation, speaks up for…
Kevin Kanouse, bishop of the Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana Mission Area (synod), came out as gay at the ELCA Youth Gathering during a Bible study/reflection time with synod youth. “Several of…
Recent revelations about abuse in the Duggar family, known for TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting, and the ensuing public discourse, has motivated me to write about my experience as an…
We may wonder if anything that we do will make a difference.
Socially responsible shopping or investing — it’s an awkward term for an idea as old as Earth Day. Many Lutherans practice it consciously while others ask, “Is that a thing?”…
In the darkness, we remember and wait for God to come again.
Hope, love, commitment and communal responsibility echo throughout their lives and work, and are woven into all they say and do. Hope for the planet; love for God, neighbor and…
A winding path leads her to a historic call in South Carolina.
One that’s like a pebble in our shoe, irritating us when we walk.
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