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Faith in Action

Unlocking college students’ faith

ELCA schools provide opportunities for that growth to happen.

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Faith in Action

If the pews are looking empty

Looking at how others experience your congregation might help.

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Faith in Action

What is your story?

A simple question can open hearts and can lead to profound answers.

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Faith in Action

Faith and fear on Halloween

How does the night of costumes and candy fit into a life of faith?

Jesus on the brain
Faith in Action

Jesus on the brain

Song lyrics like this use language describing God’s presence inside our bodies, and as faithful Christians, we are commanded to love the Lord with all our hearts and souls and…

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Celebrating and (re)forming

The Reformation lives in our continued examination of our faith.

Partners in ministry
Faith in Action

Partners in ministry

Needing respite from Seattle’s daily grind, Christoph Schmidt embarked on a journey to Holden Village in 2005. The retreat center in the Cascade Mountains offered him the chance to recharge…

One large extended family

One large extended family

If you were to walk through the doors of Hope Lutheran Church in Bozeman, Mont., looking like a college student, chances are that Don and Diane Heyden would be the…

Home away from home

Home away from home

In the mid-2000s, Jhon Freddy Correa began attending worship at Emmaus Evangelical Lutheran Church in Racine, Wis. A former Roman Catholic priest in the Old Catholic Church in America, Correa…

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Ice cream evangelism

One Monday morning, Twila Schock, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, Belvidere, Ill., was in for a pleasant surprise when she opened her work email. A mother wrote to thank her…

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‘Gifts for Jesus’

Members of St. George Lutheran Church, Edinburgh, Ind., for years celebrated the gifts of the magi every Epiphany by offering their own gifts. Called “Gifts for Jesus,” members were invited…

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A musical audience

Celebrated composer Robert Hobby had reached a point where he wasn’t accepting commissions for new music. Instead, he was choosing to spend more time with his family and to concentrate…