What accompaniment looks like
Voices of Faith

What accompaniment looks like

“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me” (Psalm 23:4). Cancer often feels…
Strengthening roots
Living Faithfully

Strengthening roots

Focal verse “I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the…
All are welcome at “Pizza Church”
Living Faithfully

All are welcome at “Pizza Church”

It’s Sunday at 9 a.m., and a small but diverse group assembles behind the bright bay windows of Pizza Quick, a counter-service pizza shop on the eastern edge of Tifton,…
I’m a Lutheran: Jillian Russell
Voices of Faith

I’m a Lutheran: Jillian Russell

St. Paul Lutheran Church, Waldo, Ohio Guest relations coordinator, HopeWood Outdoors (Lutheran Outdoor Ministries in Ohio) Firefighter/emergency medical technician, Fort Morrow Fire Department and Battle Run Fire Department I have been…
Schools appoint new presidents
Living Faithfully

Schools appoint new presidents

This year, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan., and Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory, N.C., appointed new presidents to lead the ELCA-affiliated schools. Bethany College Laura Crawley began her role as 16th president of…
It’s up to us
Voices of Faith

It’s up to us

In Europe, religious holidays are national holidays, and people get the day off. A few years ago, while living in Germany, I was on my way to an Ascension Day…
Time in a faith community
Voices of Faith

Time in a faith community

I don’t quite know how I, the program director for African Descent Ministries, ended up at the Asian Lutheran International Conference (ALIC), but nothing could have prepared me for the…
Schneider-Thomas elected bishop of the North/West Lower Michigan Synod
Living Faithfully

Schneider-Thomas elected bishop of the North/West Lower Michigan Synod

Julie E. Schneider-Thomas, Kent City, Mich., was elected May 20 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the North/West Lower Michigan Synod of the ELCA. The election took place…
Ordinary encounters with the divine
Mission & Ministry

Ordinary encounters with the divine

Editor’s note: This reflection is part of a series by chaplains in the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU) on the ways in which God is at work on…
Bishop Eaton issues statement on shooting of Israeli Embassy staff
Living Faithfully

Bishop Eaton issues statement on shooting of Israeli Embassy staff

Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a statement on the deadly shooting of two Israeli Embassy staff outside an event in Washington, D.C. “This is yet another…