A recent photo from Turkey of a young, drowned refugee boy hit close to home for Terri Mork Speirs. To read her blog entry, click here.
At 24, Claudia Karola Santos Serrano is already deciding the future of her church in Puerto Rico. Since around age 7, she has quietly observed the needs of fellow congregants…
As a Palestinian Christian and ELCA pastor, Khader Khalilia occupies a singular and deeply personal role within the life of the church. Born and raised in Bethlehem, Khalilia maintains close…
Walk into Augustana Lutheran Church in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood on any day of the week and you might mistake it for the neighborhood community center. Seniors attend a memory…
Bethel Lutheran, like many churches, was built for a membership much larger than today’s. Decades ago, more than 1,500 members filled the building’s halls and classrooms. But the Willmar, Minn.,…
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