Editor’s note: In recognition of National Suicide Prevention Week, we’re running several posts related to suicide prevention and how nothing can separate us from the love of God. When I…
“No, we don’t answer the phone or text during meals; we are present to each other.” “Yes, we are still going to pray before meals when friends are over.” “No,…
Editor’s note: In light of the adoption of the social statement “Faith, Sexism and Justice: A Call to Action” at the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, we are re-running this piece on…
This summer, I started my call as pastor redeveloper of St. Philip Lutheran Church in Trenton, Mich. Even though I was officially starting my first call, I had already built…
It was Monday morning after spring break. We were beginning a week of activities on campus designed to lift up the concept of vocation for students, faculty and staff. “It’s…
There is an undercurrent at the pastor’s book launch (or community-garden opening or when she flies to present another workshop). A raised eyebrow, some crossed arms or whispered questions shake…
Agong smiled when the medical team made its rounds. After obstetric fistula surgery, she hoped that four years of incontinence—the result of an injury during a prolonged labor and delivery—would…
Strewn across our bed were the remnants of our toddler’s Christmas haul—stacks of new outfits, empty cardboard boxes, a tower of books, a stuffed reindeer. I turned to my husband…
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church is located in the heart of Lebanon, Pa., a small postindustrial city whose major steel plant closed in the 1980s. Two years into her ministry there,…
Many churches boast of raising up a minister every generation or two, but at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa, six members are currently on the path to ministry—five as…
Editor’s note: In this five–part series, former ELCA Presiding Bishop Herbert Chilstrom examines the authority and interpretation of the Bible. Part four explored biblical contextualization throughout church history. Whenever the church…
St. Paul Lutheran Church, Wheaton, Ill. President and CEO, Northern Illinois Food Bank I pray for courage and strength, for protection for my children and healing for those who are…
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