Editor’s note: This perspective by Sarah V. Hershberger of Grace Lutheran Church, Shamokin, Pa., is adapted from “Port Call,” the fall 2024 newsletter of Seafarers International House. Seafarers International House…
Trinidad, Colo., has always been a crossroads for travelers. It sits at the intersection of Interstate 25 and an Amtrak route running from Chicago to Los Angeles; the historic Santa…
Series editor’s note: Throughout 2024, “Deeper understandings” will feature teaching scholars of the ELCA reflecting on the many ways that Lutheran theology makes a difference for our daily lives. —Kristin Johnston Largen, president…
Led by a pair of 17-year-olds, a Wisconsin congregation is improving its members’ and neighbors’ lives by helping them learn about the role air quality plays in making choices about…
Nurse Practitioner, Texas Oncology Triumphant Love Lutheran Church, Austin, Texas We transferred to Triumphant Love in 2018 from Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran [when] we moved just north of Austin…
The Church Council of the ELCA gathered at the Lutheran Center in Chicago, Nov. 14-17. The council, which serves as the ELCA churchwide organization’s board of directors and interim legislative…
For 50 years we have joined together as Lutherans to address the root causes of hunger and poverty around the world through ELCA World Hunger. Part of our church’s long…
Honored for work that has provided a strong moral foundation and an enduring record of demonstrated influence on corporate policies, Patricia Zerega received the 2024 Legacy Award from the Interfaith…
As war rages in the Holy Land and Ukraine, Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR) continues to accompany the ELCA’s companions in their humanitarian response. With the humanitarian crisis deepening in the…
The day after the 2024 presidential election, whether individually people experience joy or grief, Bishop Eaton reflects on the many expressions of our church being woven together as strands of…
In the Carolinas, coastal communities usually bear the brunt of hurricane damage. That changed in late September, when Hurricane Helene struck. The storm made landfall in Florida as a Category…
About five years ago, I was asked to help people at our small Lutheran church manage the steps to the altar rail for communion. There are only two steps, but…
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