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Equal concern for all
It happened on the second morning of synod assembly. Four of us were carpooling to the convention center: a 30-something Black woman from a neighboring congregation and three of us…
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I’m a Lutheran: Cheryl Sandrock
St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Oak Harbor, Ohio Elementary general music teacher Attending church with my mom and grandparents is one of my earliest memories. My grandmother would hold me…
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Step into mystery
“By love he can be grasped and held, but by thought, neither grasped nor held. … With a devout and delightful stirring of love, [you must] struggle to pierce that…
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Faith as participation in God’s being
Series editor’s note: Throughout 2022, “Deeper understandings” will feature biblical scholars sharing some of their favorite books of the Bible. Next month, Justin Jeffcoat Schedtler will continue this theme. —Kathryn…
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Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on the ELCA Racial Justice blog. It is my prayer that each of you had a wonderful Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and that as you looked around…
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Building a liturgy
Members attending worship on Aug. 10 at the ELCA Churchwide Assembly felt the first rhythm of difference that the evening would bring. The Imnizaska Dakota Drum Group of St. Paul,…
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Golden ground
We learn in Proverbs 18:21 that “death and life are in the power of the tongue.” When I encounter this verse, I’m reminded that my words have impact and should…
Faith in Action
Perspective: Celebrating advocacy efforts
My email inbox isn’t usually an exciting read. But you don’t miss an email from the White House social secretary. Over the past 18 months, ELCA staff, along with faith-based…
Spiritual Resources
Century-old stories of sorrow and joy
Karen Thalacker’s family has a long history with the German Lutheran Orphans’ and Old Folks’ Home, commonly called the Homes, in rural Muscatine, Iowa. From 1921 to 1941 her great-grandfather,…
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Martin Luther on the New Testament
Series editor’s note: Throughout 2022, “Deeper understandings” will feature biblical scholars sharing some of their favorite books of the Bible. —Kathryn A. Kleinhans, dean of Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital…
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I’m a Lutheran: Emma Kasiga
Minnesota Swahili Christian Congregation (housed at Holy Trinity Lutheran), Minneapolis Business financing I moved to Minnesota in July 1998 after graduating from Waldorf University, Forest City, Iowa (then the ELCA’s…
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Legacies to celebrate
Across 18 years in the Negro Leagues, Norman Thomas “Turkey” Stearnes parlayed power and speed into enshrinement in the Baseball Hall of Fame. But his daughter Rosilyn Stearnes-Brown, the choir…
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