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Youth tackle hunger

On Feb. 3, two teams will take to the field at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta for Super Bowl LIII. When they do, ELCA youth will have already taken to…

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Welcoming those in need

The plight of migrant children in the U.S. has captivated the nation the last several months. But tens of thousands of children—and their families—have sought refuge in the U.S. for…

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All in God’s image

“You have a yellow tooth.” Occasionally, a child notices the discoloration on my front left tooth and states this. For a while, I marveled that only children commented on this….

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Love comes down

And the cows said, “Moo!” The sheep said, “Baa!” The chickens said, “Cluck!” My daughter, Charlotte, could have chimed in with the cows shouting, “Moo!” But that’s where her animal…

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My take: What keeps us safe?

I’m sitting at my neighborhood coffee shop, thousands of miles away from the ostensibly dangerous Central American migrants threatening to cross the U.S. border. Miles, even, from the more murderous…

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Christmas story, song and spirit

Now that our son Jack is nearly 2 and communicating using words and phrases, my husband and I have been pondering how we’ll teach him about Advent and Christmas. Last…

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Wrestling with faith

Everyone  belongs in The Tribe. Anyone belongs in The Tribe.  No matter who they are, where they come from or how they’re feeling, The Tribe welcomes them. It’s the group’s guiding…

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“Infused in the church”

The children went from the street to the stage.  When Lim Forgey noticed children playing in the dumpster outside of Christ Lutheran Church, Visalia, Calif., where he works as music…

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What science says about raising faithful children

How do I raise my child in faith? This is the driving question behind psychologist and author Dawn Rundman’s new book, Little Steps, Big Faith (Beaming Books, 2018). Utilizing the…

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More than a meal

Last year our family moved from Chicago to a new home, one close enough to extended family that holidays no longer mean hours on the road and living out of…

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Creativity and identity at Halloween

This fall, most parents or caretakers will be asked: What will your children be for Halloween?  As a mother of two elementary-aged children, I like to focus on the humor…

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Finding home: A story of adoption

She sat at my table surrounded by friends before taking a long, deep breath. “I don’t want to dominate the conversation,” she said, “but there are some things I’d like…