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Voices of Faith
Pondering eternity, heaven and hell
It is a fundamental conviction of Christians that life as we know it is not all there is—there is more to and beyond our temporal existence. The totality of God’s…
Theology & Beliefs
Travel special as ministry field
For years, Rick Steves has had his sights on 2017. As the 500th anniversary of the Reformation approached, the travel guide knew he wanted to create for his popular PBS…
Living Faithfully
Moved by the Spirit in the midst of strife
More than 7 million people in South Sudan need humanitarian assistance as a result of drought and renewed violence. According to UNICEF, famine was recently declared in the north-central part of the…
Voices of Faith
Lent blog series: As goes Jesus, so goes light – John 9:1-41
John 9 tells the story of Jesus healing a man “blind from birth.” No accident in life caused the blindness, no disease—he had been blind from the womb, unable to…
Living Faithfully
Honest speech and action with kids
There are so many things that are hard to talk about with children. Their questions never end, no matter how hard we try to put them off. And sometimes our…
Mission & Ministry
The Campaign for the ELCA: A look at global initiatives
A comprehensive $198 million endeavor, “Always Being Made New: The Campaign for the ELCA” is now in its fourth year and already making a significant impact, both domestically and globally….
Theology & Beliefs
Her-stories: Marit Johnson
Editor’s note: This story is a part of The Lutheran World Federation’s Her-stories global Lutheran storytelling project. If you have a story of how women have reformed the church or…
Voices of Faith
I’m a Lutheran: Wendy Davidson
“I’m a Lutheran” is a monthly profile featuring ELCA members around the world. The profiles showcase ELCA members in all their diversity, connecting one another through individual faith stories as…
Voices of Faith
Lent blog series: As goes Jesus, so goes water – John 4:5-42
I’m from the Pacific Northwest, where I now live again. I’ve rediscovered that we who live in the Pacific Northwest always, always have water within our reach. It’s all around…
Living Faithfully
A sanctuary for students
As congregations struggle with how to manage unused space in their large buildings, Mount Olive Lutheran in Santa Monica, Calif., has become home to homeless and hungry college students. Every…
Living Faithfully
Cultivating curiosity
Blueprints were strewn hastily over a tabletop. A truck putt-putt-putted its way across the carpet squares. Little orange hard hats circled a room filled with the cacophony of a construction…
Mission & Ministry
Called, gathered and sent
As you read this, some 225 ELCA pastors, doctors, nurses, teachers, theological educators, communicators and community organizers are serving on every continent but Antarctica. These widespread missionaries are couples, families,…
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