Stories of God’s people putting their faith into tangible action in their communities.
“Pastor, I was really upset by Sunday’s sermon. You’re meddling in politics, which you have no business doing. I also hear that you participated in those recent protests. Don’t you…
This year concerns about safety during the COVID-19 pandemic led to rescheduled or canceled synod assemblies. For synods that rescheduled, it was a historic moment as it is the first…
When 7-year-old Harlow Rice decided what he’d give to the book drive for All Saints Lutheran Church, Phoenix, he reached not for the older, worn ones on his shelf but…
Anne Edison-Albright, Decorah, Iowa, was elected Sept. 26 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the East Central Synod of Wisconsin of the ELCA. The election took place during…
Naples, Italy, was struck by COVID-19 in the spring, when the country faced the highest COVID-19 death toll in the world. Lutheran Disaster Response supported a Lutheran hospital, L’Ospedale Evangelico…
Patricia J. Lull was elected Sept. 25 to serve a second six-year term as bishop of the Saint Paul Area Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during an…
When God spoke to him, Jean Paul Kisuku knew he had to listen. A pastor in his native Congo, Kisuku had spent years ministering through prayer groups to his fellow Congolese and neighbors in…
In response to the Sept. 23 grand jury decision in the police killing of Breonna Taylor, Elizabeth Eaton, ELCA presiding bishop, and William Gafkjen, bishop of the ELCA Indiana-Kentucky Synod,…
In response to the Sept. 23 grand jury decision in Louisville, Ky., ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton and ELCA Indiana-Kentucky Synod Bishop William Gafkjen have offered a word of prayer and…
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…
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…
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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