Lutheran summer camps are scattered across our denomination. In fact, in seminary we would joke that our introductions frequently included the Lutheran outdoor ministry sites where we went as kids,…
Plans are underway to breathe life back into traditional overnight summer camp, a program staple of Lutheran Outdoor Ministries (LOM), after the COVID-19 pandemic forced many camps to cancel summer sessions…
For many, Memorial Day weekend signifies the start of summer. But the holiday’s true meaning often gets lost in the three-day weekend of backyard barbecues, beach parties and sales. Memorial…
Grace Lutheran Church, Evanston, Ill. Violinist, teacher assistant at Park School in Evanston, Ill., violin/viola instructor and music minister at Grace I’ve been playing violin since I was 8. Growing…
Editor’s note: May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Read the ELCA’s social message “The Body of Christ and Mental Illness.” Religion and mental health treatment are often viewed as opposites. Some…
When Jan LeClair began noticing changes in her singing voice, she started looking for someone who could help ensure that she’d be able to continue singing her whole life. “As…
Cathy Elkiss unlocks the door to the Church of the Abiding Presence in Gettysburg, Pa., removes the cover from one of two organs and arranges her music on the stand….
“Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” asks the divine voice in Isaiah 6:8. In John 3:8, we hear Jesus say to Nicodemus, “The wind blows where…
Luke writes in Acts 2 that on Pentecost, God sent the Spirit on Jesus’ followers and they spoke in different tongues about the wonders of God. Some people listened and…
My daughter Zoey turns 17 in June. A few months later, she’ll start her senior year of high school. As I watch Zoey mature, sometimes I find myself inspecting her…
Throughout my years of growing up, my dad was a serious gardener, tending an impressive plot of corn, green beans, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, collard greens, lettuce, onions and so much…
Editor’s update: Megan Rohrer was installed as bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod Sept. 11, 2021, at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. When Megan Rohrer was elected bishop of the…
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