Stories of God’s people putting their faith into tangible action in their communities.
Lent is a time of spiritual reflection and preparation for the coming of Christ. Many Christians will choose to give up something or take up a Lenten discipline. But for…
March is Women’s History Month in the U.S. I call on our church to reflect on this history and to renew our commitment to gender justice for women and girls…
“Your son bit a child today.” Those words stunned me to silence. “He what?” I finally croaked. Jack’s teacher had called me about the incident, which occurred during a squabble…
Last fall, a Chinese scientist claimed that he had created the world’s first genetically edited human babies. Yet nearly a decade earlier, the ELCA had already convened a task force…
Few could have imagined the reunion that took place this past December between Christopher Rhoads and leaders of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lansdale, Pa. Early on Oct. 5, 2015, an…
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has released a pastoral message addressing the mass shootings that occurred Friday at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. “We join in mourning for the…
Gathering under the theme “Be transformed by the renewing of your minds,” the Conference of Bishops of the ELCA met at the Lutheran Center Feb. 28–March 4. The conference is…
Today the ELCA Conference of Bishops released the following statement: “Approved by the ELCA Church Council in 1990, Visions and Expectations has, through several revisions, outlined this church’s standards for its…
St. Lydia, a congregation of about 50 members in Brooklyn, N.Y., has been making news with its unconventional dinner church for a decade, including features inThe Wall Street Journaland The Atlantic….
Confirmation came a little late for my daughter. My husband and I were deployed to serve as missionaries in Jerusalem, which interrupted her final year of confirmation class. It took…
In a changing world, the ELCA is now focusing on congregational vitality, which the ELCA Conference of Bishops described by saying vitality is found in communities of Jesus that nurture…
Recently I overheard a mom say of her son, “I just want him to be happy and healthy.” As I listened, I started thinking of how many other parents—including me—have…
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