Lectionary for June 26, 2022 Third Sunday after Pentecost 1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21; Psalm 16; Galatians 5:1, 13-25; Luke 9:51-62 When I must do difficult things that I’m not looking…
Lectionary for June 19, 2022 Second Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 65:1-9; Psalm 22:19-28; Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 8:26-39 The story of the demoniac(s) in a land across the sea from Galilee…
Lectionary for June 12, 2022 Trinity Sunday/First Sunday after Pentecost Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15 In this week’s Gospel reading, Jesus gives direct testimony about the…
Editor’s note: This piece originally ran on June 6, 2o19. Our June 2019 cover story, “Worship 101,” examined the “whats, whys and hows” of ELCA worship. We continued the story…
Lectionary for June 5, 2022 Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:24-34, 25b; Romans 8:14-17; John 14:8-17 Folks who have been reading this column for a while know that Pentecost is…
Many congregational leaders are concerned that members of “Gen Z”—those born between 1997 and 2012—are dropping out of church life. Though leaders can take consolation knowing that the trend isn’t…
Ministry has never been an easy calling. There are long hours, sufficient but not especially great pay, and the responsibility not only for the souls of a congregation but often…
Lectionary for May 29, 2022 Seventh Sunday of Easter Acts 16:16-34; Psalm 97; Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21; John 17:20-26 What is the most annoying thing you can think of? For…
For 60 years the Holden Village retreat center in the Cascade Mountains of Washington state has welcomed people into the wilderness to form and renew their relationships with God, the…
Editor’s note: This piece originally ran on May 25, 2021. Two older Asian women were stabbed recently in San Francisco. Shortly before that in the same city, an Asian man…
Tamika Jancewicz and Laura Kigweba James started the podcast For Collard Girls as a sacred space for women of color in ministry to feel affirmed and cared for. Launched in 2017,…
Lectionary for May 22, 2022 Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 16:9-15; Psalm 67; Revelation 21:10, 22–22:5; John 14:23-29 I’m writing this in Egypt on the first night of the first…
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