A vacation for your spiritual side
Like our bodies and minds, it too needs a healthy renewal.
Like our bodies and minds, it too needs a healthy renewal.
Memorial Day observances are part of a national grief process.
In the midst of change, new members might no longer be the goal.
On this occasion, I’m not loving the journey. I want to be there.
We may wonder if anything that we do will make a difference.
The effect of that sacrificial death can be transformative.
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.
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.
It’s sometimes hard to trust in the promises of a God we cannot see.
International Companion Program helps international youth thrive.
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