The ELCA Youth Gathering occurs every three years and brings youth from across the ELCA to one city for faith formation, education about the church and serving the community. This…
Last year, in the span of six months, I lost both of my grandfathers. Each left behind families forever enriched by their legacies of love. Their funerals—the tears, the eulogies,…
The school of parenting never ends. With my first child, I read everything I could get my hands on. I asked questions of every mom I knew. Eventually, I calmed…
Las viejas recetas son algo muy preciado. Ellas contienen las instrucciones de cómo preparar un platillo, aunque en realidad representan mucho más. Esas viejas recetas están cargadas de recuerdos, y…
The book of Jonah takes up exactly two pages in my Bible. But as with many parts of God’s word, just a little bit can alter the course of a…
A year ago, the following sentiment is not one I would’ve predicted I’d be expressing this Father’s Day: Martin Luther and the birth and infancy of my second child will…
I love just about everything to do with retreats: getting away, laughing, storytelling, being outside, campfires, Bible study, deep sharing, exploring and sharing food. I’m always up for going on…
You make beautiful things out of the dust / You make beautiful things out of us —Gungor. My dad knew the beauty of dust. Even before he was sick and…
My daughter gets a package from her godmother every June near the anniversary of her baptism. When she was little, it was usually a book. As she grew older the…
Have you ever cried so hard, been so upset, that you couldn’t catch your breath? Have you been so overwhelmed by life—violence … inequality … death … brokenness—that you couldn’t…
Now that I’m a parent I get it. Or at least now I laugh at myself more because I think I get it—I have some semblance of how God feels…
Change is constant: seasons come and go; people are born, people die; jobs drift; cars break down. The news changes daily—some new horror to try to explain to kids. Their…
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