Sermons are made, not begotten
Voices of Faith

Sermons are made, not begotten

When the preacher takes the pulpit during any given liturgy, what do they stand upon? This is the question Jon Meyer Ericson attempts to analyze and answer in his book…
Video: How Noah Hepler found “reawakening” in Queer Eye
Voices of Faith

Video: How Noah Hepler found “reawakening” in Queer Eye

Noah Hepler, pastor of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Atonement in Philadelphia, is the featured “hero” in the premiere of the new season of Netflix’s Queer Eye series. What did he…
Video game church
Mission & Ministry

Video game church

Erika Bergh, pastor of Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church in Anchorage, Alaska, has found a new way to worship during the COVID-19 pandemic—through a Nintendo Switch. Bergh and her spouse,…
How Noah Hepler found “reawakening” in <i>Queer Eye</i>
Voices of Faith

How Noah Hepler found “reawakening” in Queer Eye

When Noah Hepler, pastor of Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Atonement in Philadelphia, was nominated by a member of his congregation council to be a featured “hero” on the Netflix…
Talking through Scripture together
Spiritual Resources

Talking through Scripture together

At its 2019 assembly, the Delaware-Maryland Synod set a goal of having everyone in its congregations regularly engaged in reading Scripture over the next year. To encourage members toward this…
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Spiritual Resources

Wisdom gleaned from history

In the introduction to his Devotional Classics (HarperCollins, 1993), Richard J. Foster wrote: “We today suffer from the unexamined notion that the more recent something is, the better, the more…
From the margins to the center
Spiritual Resources

From the margins to the center

Khristi Lauren Adams is a speaker, a pastor of the American Baptist Churches USA and an advocate for young women. She’s also the founder and director of the Becoming Conference…
New ways to proclaim the gospel
Living Faithfully

New ways to proclaim the gospel

Live from Omaha, Neb., it’s Sunday worship from Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church! Since 1962, this congregation has broadcast its Sunday service on cable TV. “Just go to any nursing home…
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Spiritual Resources

Forgotten or ignored?

The Forgotten Luther II (Fortress Press, 2019) is no ivory tower compendium of sordid quotes and cherry-picked works but a helpful distillation, a corrective for those who feel that our…
ELCA digital giving tools expanded
Spiritual Resources

ELCA digital giving tools expanded

The ELCA has arranged preferred-vendor agreements with a few select companies that can enhance operating efficiency, leadership effectiveness, congregational vitality and financial sustainability. Special pricing accompanies each agreement. Through the…
Valuing the unvalued in the movies of 2019 (part 1)
Voices of Faith

Valuing the unvalued in the movies of 2019 (part 1)

Every story tells us how the storyteller perceives the world. Stories are how we describe the world as we think it is, as we fear it is, as we want…