Alex LaChapelle is associate pastor of St. Luke Lutheran Church in Park Ridge, Ill. He loves playing music and attending concerts. This week, he talks about how a member’s funeral helped him understand a familiar children’s song.
It’s not just students with bags who can benefit from it.
There are ways to navigate such times until there is a break.
Bishop Kevin Kanouse’s July 18 letter to members of his synod.
If you give more than you pledged, do you get a refund?
The Youth Gathering’s mission rises up outside a Dairy Queen.
Recent revelations about abuse in the Duggar family, known for TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting, and the ensuing public discourse, has motivated me to write about my experience as an…
Seven years ago, the softball team manager of Woodlake Lutheran Church in Richfield, Minn., faced a challenge. While the congregation once boasted a strong team, declining membership no longer made…
The rummage sale at St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church, Davenport, Iowa, provides more than an opportunity to buy a 25-cent vase. It supports those in need, makes neighbors aware of…
Herman Fink, a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Corsica, S.D., said he has “no illusions of being an evangelist.” But for more than 20 years, Fink and others…
Full fellowship between Lutherans in the ELCA and Episcopalians was declared in 1999 and has resulted in many cooperative ministries and the sharing of pastors. In the last few years,…
Last week, at the end of a rough day, I did what I often do when stressed. I went outside, sat down and picked a strawberry from my garden. I…
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