A Nebraska congregation’s annual holiday market turned hope into action more than ever in 2020, ending a year of uncertainty and transition with a triumphant exclamation point thanks to some…
Amid the horror of the depravity, God’s mission prevails.
In the wake of George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis last summer, ELCA congregations across Minnesota have considered the ways in which they were engaged with racial justice. Congregations at the…
When a congregation’s location can best be described as “on the road out of town, near the mall,” that location might be one reason people aren’t filling the pews on…
If one member suffers, all suffer together with it (1 Corinthians 12:26). The pandemic would have been enough. The police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and too many others…
The term “period poverty” refers to inadequate access to menstrual hygiene tools and education. According to estimates by the Huffington Post, menstruation-related products can cost more than $18,000 in a…
Established in 1890, St. Philip Evangelical Lutheran Church in Baltimore is North America’s oldest African American Lutheran congregation. This fact is noted in ELCA documents, newspaper articles and The Lutheran…
Baltimore is home to Johns Hopkins University, renowned for its hospitals, clinics and research facilities. But despite their proximity, some of the city’s African American residents have struggled to get the…
Gary Heard’s previous congregation, Advent Lutheran in Manhattan, decided to try selling Christmas trees in the mid-1990s as a fundraiser to bolster the church budget. “We were struggling at the…
Move over, inflatable yard Santa and giant, illuminated snowman! Here comes Jesus. That’s how retired pastor Luther Swicegood, a member of Mount Tabor Lutheran Church, West Columbia, S.C., talks about…
Ina Goetzinger loves to knit. A maker of shawls for parishioners who are ill or hospitalized, she says a prayer for healing with every stitch. But her pastor, Edwin Weber,…
When many people picture the holidays, their family comes to mind, even if it’s accompanied by commentary about having to tolerate certain members’ irritating qualities. And then there is the…
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