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Voices of Faith
What forced sabbath reveals about God
When the polar vortex hit Minnesota, our weekend crawled on for six days, Jan. 26-31. Where we live, even the mail was suspended on the coldest day. My kids kept…
Living Faithfully
Youth tackle hunger
On Feb. 3, two teams will take to the field at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta for Super Bowl LIII. When they do, ELCA youth will have already taken to…
Voices of Faith
God out loud
And a voice came from heaven … (Mark 1:11). Upon returning to church after a long absence, the writer Nora Gallagher spent the whole first year crying. She would receive…
Voices of Faith
What Tidying Up can teach us about grace
I first learned of Marie Kondo from my husband. At the time, we were relocating from one apartment to another before closing on our first home. Packing put Jay and…
Living Faithfully
Welcoming those in need
The plight of migrant children in the U.S. has captivated the nation the last several months. But tens of thousands of children—and their families—have sought refuge in the U.S. for…
Living Faithfully
All in God’s image
“You have a yellow tooth.” Occasionally, a child notices the discoloration on my front left tooth and states this. For a while, I marveled that only children commented on this….
Mission & Ministry
Redeeming “Waldsee”
One of the gifts of the Information Age is that news and stories from around the world are immediately accessible to almost anyone. But the challenge is what to do…
Mission & Ministry
Music and reconciliation
The last 501 years have been nothing short of complicated for Lutheran-Roman Catholic relations. Generations of inherited animosity coupled with conflicting dogmatic differences have kept the two denominations at odds…
Living Faithfully
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity devotions offered by heads of communion
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton and leaders from the Episcopal Church, the Anglican Church of Canada, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada have prepared a series of devotions for…
Voices of Faith
A revelation of grace
On Jan. 6 the Western church observes Epiphany, the revelation of Jesus to the magi, who represent all nations. The Time after Epiphany is marked by more revelation stories in…
Voices of Faith
My take: The slay factor
African, African diasporic and African American Lutheran women are in a cultural moment of reclaiming our feminine ase—a West African term meaning the power to make things happen. We are…
Living Faithfully
Moved by love, connection and generosity
When one of Curt and Frieda Hahn’s sons, Erik, and his wife, Sunny, requested they relocate from Tempe, Ariz., to Durham, N.C., the couple couldn’t resist the pull of family,…
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