Helping kids learn stewardship
If you give more than you pledged, do you get a refund?
If you give more than you pledged, do you get a refund?
The Youth Gathering’s mission rises up outside a Dairy Queen.
Recent revelations about abuse in the Duggar family, known for TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting, and the ensuing public discourse, has motivated me to write about my experience as an…
Last week, at the end of a rough day, I did what I often do when stressed. I went outside, sat down and picked a strawberry from my garden. I…
This summer finds The Lutheran and others in Strategic Communications of the churchwide organization working to determine how we might better reach ELCA members with news and information that informs…
Ask a friend to define justice, and chances are good you will hear some words about fairness. If you press further, you are likely to hear an exposition of what…
The 2015 ELCA Youth Gathering begins Wednesday in Detroit.
More than 28,500 ELCA youth and adults will ‘Rise Up Together.’
You gotta be kidding. Jack is dating Mindy? Oh, mercy me. She’s young enough to be his daughter!” Call that a casual use of the word that is our all-purpose…
It was a historic ordination, complete with an “aha” moment.
If we don’t address this darkness, we will be engulfed by it.
Jesus’ love surrounds youth with disabilities at Camp ABLE.
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