Lutherans and other people who value justice, fairness and responsibility are influencing companies to adopt practices that are better for people, for society and for the environment. How? Through the…
Series editor’s note: Throughout 2023, “Deeper understandings” will feature biblical scholars reflecting on one of the books of the Old Testament. Kathryn Schifferdecker will continue this theme in the next…
The ELCA has a beautiful tapestry of cultures and identities that make up the church. We want to celebrate June and Pride Month with a focus on our LGTBQIA+ Lutherans….
As a little girl, I loved mermaids. I recall being crushed to discover that they didn’t exist in real life. I’d look at pictures of “The Little Mermaid,” Edvard Eriksen’s…
“We just want to go home.” That is the sentiment of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. For generations the Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority, lived in Myanmar’s…
What is Juneteenth? Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned of their liberation. President Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation…
It was the worst thing I could imagine. I was 6 years old, sitting on the sofa. My mom had answered the phone in the kitchen and quickly handed it…
In a joint letter commemorating World Refugee Day on June 20, Elizabeth Eaton, ELCA presiding bishop, and Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, remind us to “live…
The ELCA has a beautiful tapestry of cultures and identities that make up the church. We want to celebrate June and Pride Month with a focus on our LGTBQIA+ Lutherans….
Pedro M. Suárez was reelected June 8 to serve a second six-year term as bishop of the ELCA Florida-Bahamas Synod. The election was held during the synod assembly June 8-10…
Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while (Mark 6:31). My mother recently said she needed some rest. I didn’t exactly understand why—she’s retired and…
In September 2020, Amelia Siewert was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes (T1-D). She was 6-1/2 years old. In the first couple weeks after her diagnosis, the child asked her mother…
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