Some male pastors of the Seventh-day Adventist Church are changing their credentials in an act of solidarity. The protest has occurred in several U.S. states after the global denomination voted…
Ann E. Helmke, an ELCA pastor from San Antonio, received the Public Citizen of the Year Award from the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Helmke is director of spiritual…
William O. Gafkjen, bishop of the Indiana-Kentucky Synod, was elected chair of the ELCA Conference of Bishops at its Oct. 1-6 meeting in Chicago. The conference is an advisory body…
For the first time in its history, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh, an ELCA companion in India, ordained four women this fall. “Finally, after a long wait my…
Thirty minutes before our son and his fiancee walked down the aisle to exchange vows for a lifetime, the rabbi steered them into the large dining room of the house…
From tragedy and misfortune comes a story of renewed mission.
As the rain beat down, the fog of thoughts crowding my mind cleared.
Hometown bakery builds community, one loaf at a time
This week’s reflection on sacred space is from Kelly Faulstich, pastor of Resurrection Lutheran Church in Chicago.
I was reminded how I first learned about and experienced God’s love.
College students from Chicago’s South Loop are meeting their neighbors in a most unusual way: each Sunday night, they walk a shopping cart through the streets and hand out sandwiches…
Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton drops in for chat about ministry.
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