Stories of God’s people putting their faith into tangible action in their communities.
Staff of Border Servant Corps (BSC) in Las Cruces, N.M., spent the beginning of May on the phone, looking for congregations, individuals, social service organizations—anyone to offer room at the…
Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, issued a statement of concern following the July 3 Jenin incursion. On that day the Israeli military conducted a major assault on the…
Indigenous communities around the globe share a common understanding that we are interconnected. We need each other to survive. And the “we” is expansive—it includes all creation, those who came…
Focal verse Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when…
Lutherans and other people who value justice, fairness and responsibility are influencing companies to adopt practices that are better for people, for society and for the environment. How? Through the…
What is Juneteenth? Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned of their liberation. President Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation…
In a joint letter commemorating World Refugee Day on June 20, Elizabeth Eaton, ELCA presiding bishop, and Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, remind us to “live…
Pedro M. Suárez was reelected June 8 to serve a second six-year term as bishop of the ELCA Florida-Bahamas Synod. The election was held during the synod assembly June 8-10…
Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while (Mark 6:31). My mother recently said she needed some rest. I didn’t exactly understand why—she’s retired and…
In September 2020, Amelia Siewert was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes (T1-D). She was 6-1/2 years old. In the first couple weeks after her diagnosis, the child asked her mother…
Phyllis Blair Milton, Portsmouth, Va., was elected June 11 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the ELCA Virginia Synod. The election took place during the synod assembly, June…
After moving from Lebanon to the United States to complete his theological studies, Charbel Zgheib was presented with a life-changing opportunity: to serve as mission developer for a new congregation…
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