Prayers for the new school year
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Prayers for the new school year

Focal verse “Train children in the right way, and when old, they will not stray” (Proverbs 22:6). Reflection Next to bookshelves in our living room lies a pile of items:…

ELCA presiding bishop Elizabeth Eaton issues Labor Day message
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ELCA presiding bishop Elizabeth Eaton issues Labor Day message

ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has issued a Labor Day message on the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic “has revealed the heroics and faithfulness of the many we now know…

Amy Odgren elected bishop of the ELCA Northeastern Minnesota Synod
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Amy Odgren elected bishop of the ELCA Northeastern Minnesota Synod

Amy Odgren, Walker, Minn., was elected Aug. 29 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Northeastern Minnesota Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during an online…

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New on campus

With the start of the school year for colleges and universities throughout the nation comes the new faces that will be arriving on campus, virtually or otherwise. Some of those…

Joy Mortensen-Wiebe elected bishop of ELCA South-Central Synod of Wisconsin
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Joy Mortensen-Wiebe elected bishop of ELCA South-Central Synod of Wisconsin

Joy Mortensen-Wiebe, Kewaskum, Wis., was elected Aug. 29 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the ELCA South-Central Synod of Wisconsin. The election took place during an online synod…

Tessa Moon Leiseth elected bishop of ELCA Eastern North Dakota Synod
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Tessa Moon Leiseth elected bishop of ELCA Eastern North Dakota Synod

Tessa Moon Leiseth, Moorhead, Minn., was elected Aug. 16 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Eastern North Dakota Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during…

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Church Together – Apart: Our Response to COVID-19, Detroit

In Detroit, Mich., co-pastors at Love Rising Lutheran Church noticed a problem when families were asked to shelter in place. Many people did not have reliable access to internet. Without…

Amy Current elected bishop of ELCA Southeastern Iowa Synod
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Amy Current elected bishop of ELCA Southeastern Iowa Synod

Amy Current, Dubuque, Iowa, was elected Aug. 7 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Southeastern Iowa Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during an online…

Encourage wonder
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Encourage wonder

Good stories not only stay with us, they shape us. They shape our choices, thoughts and beliefs. If we want to shape our kids’ faith beliefs, we are better off…

Congregations go green
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Congregations go green

From West Coast to East Coast, ELCA congregations are establishing green ministries and making changes to reduce their carbon footprints and become better stewards of God’s creation. These efforts, many…

ELCA commemorates 500th anniversary of Luther’s <i>Freedom of a Christian</i>
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ELCA commemorates 500th anniversary of Luther’s Freedom of a Christian

This year marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s treatise The Freedom of a Christian. To observe this milestone, Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, invited the church to…