Love coming down
Focal verse “Let all that you do be done in love” (1 Corinthians 16:14). Reflection One word guides the way I teach Sunday school: love. On the first day of…
Focal verse “Let all that you do be done in love” (1 Corinthians 16:14). Reflection One word guides the way I teach Sunday school: love. On the first day of…
Editor’s note: In observance of World AIDS Day (Dec. 1), we invited individuals who attended the International AIDS Conference in 2018—with support from the ELCA—to offer reflections on our call…
Editor’s note: This article originally ran Dec. 5, 2019. The weeks leading up to Christmas are a big deal in our house. Since I was a child, the season was…
In Doing Nothing Is No Longer an Option: One Woman’s Journey Into Everyday Antiracism, Jenny Booth Potter tells her story of racial awakening and shares lessons from her antiracism work…
Series editor’s note: Throughout 2022, “Deeper understandings” has featured biblical scholars sharing some of their favorite books of the New Testament. Next month, Barbara Rossing will conclude this theme. —Kathryn A….
Editor’s note: This article originally ran Nov. 24, 2021. “For all of this I owe it to God to thank and praise, serve and obey him.” With these words in…
One of my favorite Thanksgiving memories happened in holy surprise. I had been called to my first parish in Chicago, and traveling to see family wouldn’t be convenient. My wife…
O give thanks to the Lord, call on God’s name, make known God’s deeds among the peoples. Sing to the Lord, sing praises to God, tell of all God’s wonderful…
Meeting under the theme “Am I My Sister’s Keeper? Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls,” the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) held its annual Vine Deloria Jr….
First Lutheran Church, Redlands, Calif. Respiratory care practitioner and registered respiratory therapist Growing up, I was one of nine children, born in the village of Takita, Eritrea, which was then…
The Church Council of the ELCA met at the Lutheran Center in Chicago, Nov. 10–Nov. 13. The council welcomed ELCA Vice President Imran Siddiqui and 18 new members, elected by…
Roxana Boroujerdi had spent decades as a social worker serving youth in Everett, Wash., when she opted for a change of pace in her career: She opened an ice cream…
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