Grounded in grace
Voices of Faith

Grounded in grace

My mother, Ruth, died this past summer. I miss her terribly. She was a fourth-grade teacher and passed on an ardent love for books and reading. Growing up in Tennessee,…
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Becoming flesh

On Dec. 25, Western Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus. Christmas is a festival of the incarnation, a theological word that means “becoming flesh.” John 1:14 proclaims: “The Word became…
A life of thanksgiving
Voices of Faith

A life of thanksgiving

Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, bless his name. For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness…
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I’m a Lutheran: Moriah Reichert

“I’m a Lutheran” is a monthly profile featuring ELCA members around the country. The profiles showcase ELCA members in all their diversity, connecting one another through individual faith stories as…
Uniting seminaries, a life of service and retirement
Voices of Faith

Uniting seminaries, a life of service and retirement

Editor’s note: President Emeritus Michael Cooper-White served the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg for 17 years, one of the longest seminary presidential tenures in the past 50 years. In 2017,…
The theology of Superman
Voices of Faith

The theology of Superman

When the heroes of the new Justice League movie opening this week gather against invading alien conquerors, they must go into battle without their most powerful member. Superman, who inaugurated…
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Perspective: 5 reasons to ditch that church newsletter

It’s on your calendar if you’re a church worker or a ministry chair, staring you down weeks ahead of schedule: “Write newsletter article.” Newsletters have long been the vehicle of…
Grounded in grace
Voices of Faith

Grounded in grace

Stanley Hauerwas, a theologian and ethicist for many years at Duke University, once served as a weekend financial stewardship consultant for a Baptist congregation in Texas. He explored the unusual…
I’m a Lutheran: Kelly “Glow” Williams
Voices of Faith

I’m a Lutheran: Kelly “Glow” Williams

“I’m a Lutheran” is a monthly profile featuring ELCA members around the country. The profiles showcase ELCA members in all their diversity, connecting one another through individual faith stories as…
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Perspective: On prayers for Las Vegas—and for the U.S.

Our neighbors’ blood cries to us from the ground once again. The recurring nightmare is all too familiar: a man filled with hatred perpetrates a mass shooting. Like Columbine, Virginia…
Grounded in grace
Voices of Faith

Grounded in grace

At night in my tent during a weeklong bicycle tour on the Blue Ridge Parkway with old friends, I re-read (with a headlamp) parts of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie…