Unlocking college students’ faith
ELCA schools provide opportunities for that growth to happen.
ELCA schools provide opportunities for that growth to happen.
Looking at how others experience your congregation might help.
A simple question can open hearts and can lead to profound answers.
How does the night of costumes and candy fit into a life of faith?
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…
The Reformation lives in our continued examination of our faith.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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