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Widening the ELCA’s circle

How can we as a church change our white, middle-class profile?

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An ‘Olive Agenda’ for America

Pope Francis realizes economics and ecology must coexist.

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Fitness, fellowship and faith

Hold the post-worship pastries and put on your walking shoes.

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‘True Tales from Trinity’

A stool is placed next to the lectern and an old-fashioned radio is set on top. A man wearing headphones pretends to turn on the radio and then speaks into…

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The art of tradition

Whether it be caroling with the church choir, baking Christmas cookies for neighbors or making a day of selecting the perfect blue spruce to chop down and decorate, Christmas traditions…

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5 things that happen when you get a new pastor

Pastors and congregations live in transition. Congregants come and congregants go. Pastors arrive and pastors leave. In some contexts this is more common than in others, and it’s worth noting that there is…

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Two boys but one world

“We have the means to assist people … all we need is the will.”

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A home away from home

A congregation makes Latino outreach an important ministry.

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Rising up together

Click here to see all the photos from the 2015 ELCA Youth Gathering. Photos by Chris Ocken. At a neighborhood park in Detroit, Callan Geier, 17,  and David Philpot, 74,…