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Bridging the distance
When my family left Jerusalem in January 2020 to begin a new chapter in global service, we had no idea that we’d be thrust into a worldwide pandemic and separated…
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Empty pew perks
As Matthew 18:20 reads: “For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.” Lutheran congregations around the country found new meaning in this passage…
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Presiding Bishop responds to “disregard for human life” at private detention facility
On Sept. 18, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton issued a statement in response to “the very disturbing account of human rights violations against immigrant women in custody in the privately…
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Recovery and replanting
On Aug. 10, a derecho—a powerful line of thunderstorms with severe winds—swept through the Midwest, with wind speeds reaching as high as 126 mph in Iowa. In Cedar Rapids, nearly…
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Laura Barbins elected bishop of the ELCA Northeastern Ohio Synod
Laura Barbins, Mentor, Ohio, was elected Sept. 12 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Northeastern Ohio Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during an online…
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Connected through music & community
For 25 years, music has played a vital role at House of Mercy, St. Paul, Minn. In addition to regularly hosting concerts by local and national acts, the congregation has…
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ELCA congregations participate in annual day of service
On Sunday, Sept. 13, the ELCA will observe “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday. Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, ELCA members will mark the annual day of service…
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The ritual of everyday prayers
Like many new parents, I constantly heard the refrain “They grow up so fast” when my children were babies. Parents say this, of course, because it’s true. In the blink…
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Church Together – Apart: Our Response to COVID-19, Arizona
In Rock Point, Ariz., Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission serves a community that has been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. With limited access to food, health care – even water –…
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Prayers for the new school year
Focal verse “Train children in the right way, and when old, they will not stray” (Proverbs 22:6). Reflection Next to bookshelves in our living room lies a pile of items:…
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Making a moment a movement
In the wake of this summer’s racial justice events—the protests that followed the killing of George Floyd, the fifth anniversary of the Emanuel Nine shooting, the increasingly widespread recognition of…
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ELCA presiding bishop Elizabeth Eaton issues Labor Day message
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has issued a Labor Day message on the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic “has revealed the heroics and faithfulness of the many we now know…
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