Stories of God’s people putting their faith into tangible action in their communities.
On a recent Thursday evening at Ebenezer Lutheran in Chicago, students sat at tables smiling, laughing, talking and enjoying a meal of pasta prepared by Michael Fick, pastor of the…
Editor’s note: In observance of Women’s History Month in March, we remember the ELCA’s predecessor bodies that made history in 1970 when they ordained the first Lutheran women pastors. This…
Everett Erickson and members of New Frontier Lutheran would fit into any congregation in Minnesota — they hold pancake breakfasts, debate about the duties of head usher and deal with…
How can the Lutheran tradition help us navigate all the rhetoric?
Summer has always been a busy time for camps, hosting hundreds of kids at a time where days can be spent swimming, hiking or singing around campfires. But what happens…
When Greg Boyle, a Jesuit priest, welcomes a newcomer to Homeboy Industries, he begins with a conversation in his office and invites the former gang member to share his or…
Samuel Salmi, bishop of the Oulu Diocese in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, and other Finnish Lutherans received communion at a Jan. 15 mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in…
In its Global Risks Report for 2016, the World Economic Forum ranked large-scale involuntary migration as the No. 1 most likely risk. At a January conference, Martin Junge, Lutheran World…
A recent suit was filed in Cass County, N.D., against the ELCA Eastern North Dakota Synod alleging discrimination against conservative members. The suit lists the ELCA; the synod; Norman Lutheran…
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service released “My Neighbor is Muslim,” a seven-part study guide for congregations, schools and other community organizations. First developed in 2015 by Lutheran Social Service of…
Lutheran Services Carolinas (LSC), based in Salisbury, N.C., was singled out in anti-refugee and anti-Muslim leaflets distributed Jan. 18 by the Ku Klux Klan. The leaflets were dispersed near one…
Roman Catholics and Lutherans made another step toward joint commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017 by issuing common liturgical guidelines for ecumenical services to mark the…
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