Meggan H. Manlove, Nampa, Idaho, was elected April 29 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the ELCA Northwest Intermountain Synod. The election took place during the synod assembly,…
My 8-year-old daughter recently started horseback riding lessons. One afternoon I walked behind on her trail ride. Earlier that morning, I’d lost my patience with the kids while getting ready…
Greetings and blessings to you! In the United States, May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. In 1978, a bill was passed in the U.S. Congress and signed…
Hillary Doerries was in graduate school when she was diagnosed with clinical depression and found herself wandering into a support group that met once a week in a United Methodist…
When COVID-19 first struck, many saw it as a crisis driven by such basic questions as how to get people vaccines, protective gear and food. But groups such as the…
Focal verse “Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act” (Psalm 37:5). Reflection Next to my armchair sits a wicker basket that holds books and…
Passing the Sunday-morning offering plate has traditionally been a visible role for church men. But it was the passing of a much bigger offering plate that cemented the legacy of…
I live in a town of 2,000 in southeastern South Dakota that is surrounded by farmland. It’s the first week in March as I write this. The surrounding fields are…
As we near the end of April, we are speaking with Lutherans of Arab and Middle Eastern decent to amplify voices of our siblings in Christ and celebrate Arab and…
As we near the end of April, we are speaking with Lutherans of Arab and Middle Eastern decent to amplify voices of our siblings in Christ and celebrate Arab and…
The ELCA Church Council met electronically April 20. The council serves as the ELCA churchwide organization’s board of directors and interim legislative authority between meetings of a churchwide assembly. The…
Editor’s note: As we near the end of April, we are reposting Fuad Nijim’s “I’m a Lutheran” column to celebrate Arab and Middle Eastern heritage. See also “A conversation with…
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