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Voices of Faith
Abundant life
Summer is finally here! Time to unwind, hit the beach, go on vacation or spend a lazy afternoon in a hammock, right? Well maybe summer doesn’t feel quite as leisurely…
Living Faithfully
Why we will no longer be a welcoming church
We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a…
Living Faithfully
Human trafficking: Four things you need to know
A strip mall. A baseball game. A work convention. A holiday gala. What do these things have in common? They are some of the myriad events and places where people…
Voices of Faith
On not living steel-plated lives
I’m at the age now where my parents are giving me family household items. Sometimes it feels like they’re saying, “Here, throw this away for me.” But sometimes they’re gems…
Voices of Faith
A dad’s concern
Being a father is a wide-open venture. When my wife and I had each of our two children, we were filled with joy at their arrival and committed to loving…
Living Faithfully
A call to forgiveness
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. Dylan Roof opened fire during a Wednesday night Bible study, killing nine people—Depayne Middleton Doctor, Cynthia Hurd,…
Living Faithfully
Asking for forgiveness
Question: I lost my patience and yelled at my child. How do I correct this? Imagine the scene. It is 9:23 a.m. on Sunday. One child wants you to read…
Mission & Ministry
Lessons from life on the border
Build a wall. Welcome all. Deport 11 million immigrants living illegally in America. Create a path to citizenship for those who are undocumented. In the United States, presidential campaigns increase…
Mission & Ministry
Ancient roots, new community
Five years ago this summer seven Lutherans who had never met face-to-face serendipitously walked into the constituting meeting for the Order of Lutheran Franciscans (OLF) unsure of whether the order…
Voices of Faith
A lexicon of faith: Hope
Hope is a simple four-letter word that packs unbelievable punch in the Christian life. Unfortunately, hope gets disguised beneath plenty of realities that deserve to go by the name of…
Voices of Faith
Interrupting ordinary time
Here we are, in the season after Pentecost that we sometimes refer to simply as “ordinary time.” It’s a long season, welcomed by the long days of summer. We might…
Mission & Ministry
‘This stuff is real’
The phone rang just as Eve, an ELCA seminary student, arrived home from a run. It was her weekend as chaplain-on-call for the hospice facility and a family had requested…
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