Stories of God’s people putting their faith into tangible action in their communities.
Julinda Sipayung has made it her life’s work to counsel, educate and empower Indonesian women who are victims of domestic violence to speak up and speak out. A Lutheran pastor…
Jason DeRose has known he wanted to be a journalist since the sixth grade, so he was as surprised as anyone to find himself at the University of Chicago earning…
You could consider Steve Nahn a modern-day psalmist. David, the writer of Psalm 8, pondered with wonder: “When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon…
Frances Blatchley remembers as a child pretending she was a nurse. “It was all I ever wanted to be from the time I was little,” she said. “My poor mother…
Editor’s note: May is Mental Health Month. Staff Sgt. Dan (last name withheld), a National Guard member, was called to active duty in the Middle East during a tough time…
Madeline Wilson (center), a student at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., stands for a portrait with fellow students who are involved with her campaign asking the college to reform its…
School funding hasn’t fully recovered from the economic recession of 2007 to 2009. Since then, at least 26 states budget less per student, according to the Center on Budget and…
Chad Brekke, one of the pastors of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Brooklyn Park, Minn., was attending a Mumford & Sons concert last Thursday when musician Prince died. When…
Bonnie Meeder and Valarie Remmers knew each other for many years as members of King of Glory Lutheran Church, Dallas. They would see each other at church events and Sunday…
When asked what she did for fun outside of church, Karol Hendricks-McCracken, pastor of New Salem Lutheran Church, Turtle River, Minn., couldn’t answer. “Well, teach confirmation,” was her response to…
A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the northern coast of Ecuador April 16, killing more than 240 people and injuring more than 2,500 people. According to Ecuador’s seismological institute, more than…
It was good homemade, fiber-rich, deep-dark flatbread. I was given a fairly healthy chunk, and I knew it would be tasty. But the little bit of wine soaked up in…
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