On Saturday, Aug. 19, 90 bicycle riders gathered at Silverdale Lutheran Church in Silverdale, Wash., for a 10-mile “Mini Martin,” a 30-mile “Brave Bavarian” or a 50-mile “Wittenburg Warrior” ride…
Earlier this year, three Spanish-speaking congregations in South Carolina took to heart Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton’s invitation to study the Small Catechism, thanks to the leadership of the Rev. Jorge…
“We are called to reach out and feed the hungry. In this way, we live the love of Christ. It’s a way of connecting with the community.” — Scott Mims,…
Less than two weeks after Hurricane Irma rocked the Caribbean islands and the U.S. Atlantic Coast, Hurricane Maria tore through a similar path over the last two days. Many small…
On Sunday mornings during Lent 2017, the Sunday school children at Beaver Lake Lutheran Church, Maplewood, Minn., explored parts of Martin Luther’s Small Catechism. The children extended their understanding of…
“Our Lutheran Life” invites and encourages ELCA members to tell contemporary stories inspired by the Reformation about how the power of God’s grace plays out in the complexities of daily…
“I’m a Lutheran” is a monthly profile featuring ELCA members around the country. The profiles showcase ELCA members in all their diversity, connecting one another through individual faith stories as…
As is often noted, there are five women mentioned (if not all by name—sorry, Bathsheba) in the Matthew genealogy of Jesus: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba and Mary. I want to…
Fourth- and fifth-graders at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Olympia, Wash., are learning experientially what it means to say, “Give us this day our daily bread.” To prepare for their…
“Our Lutheran Life” invites and encourages ELCA members to tell contemporary stories inspired by the Reformation about how the power of God’s grace plays out in the complexities of daily…
I went to see The Big Sick knowing very little about it except that it wasn’t a “normal” romantic comedy. At least, that was what everyone said: my friends posting…
In part one, we explored how the four kinds of earth mentioned in the parable of the sower—rocky soil, thorny soil, the path and good soil—are created as a response…
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