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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?

Faith in Action

Celebrating and (re)forming

The Reformation lives in our continued examination of our faith.

Voices of Faith

Embracing diversity

What a great, personal story about Chris Pollock (September, page 12). What a horribly impersonal headline on that story. “Man grasps college, church & future” sounds like something that may…

Faith in Action

Formerly jobless and better for it

A recession-forced exploration of vocation was life-changing.

Faith in Action

Being relevant an ongoing task

Journalism is an art when, at its best, it not only “tells it like it is” but also offers the possibilities of what could be. At the same time, the…

Mission & Ministry

Desire

When I ask people to describe their Christian faith, I typically hear them recite a list of religious ideas they believe. “I believe in God,” many will say. “I believe…

Faith in Action

The best professional development I never wanted

Like millions of others, I lost my job in 2009 due to the recession. After 17 years with an international aid organization, I believed on some level that I was…

Faith in Action

Sharing our stories of faith

Recording them could be a powerful congregational project.

Faith in Action

What it means to be Lutheran

We can serve our neighbor freely because our trust is in God.

Voices of Faith

Luther’s Small Catechism: Tasting it again for the first time

The old advertisement for Kellogg’s Corn Flakes (“taste them again for the first time”) helps introduce Martin Luther’s Small Catechism, in part because many Lutheran adults—having been subjected to it…

Faith in Action

‘Church and state must intersect’

After another mass shooting, what do Lutherans need to do?

Voices of Faith

‘And yet … the shootings go on’

The tragedies defy all of our thoughts and all of our prayers.