Stories, reflections and perspectives from diverse range of voices across the ELCA.
The first morning of the ELCA Indigenous Leaders Gathering began with a blessing. Some 40 attendees stood in a circle in the courtyard of St. Andrew Lutheran Church in San…
Ash Wednesday is a poignant day for many rostered ministers. We trace the assurance of death on faces we love: old faces wrinkled with stories, newborn faces with eyes too…
It is no secret that being Black in the United States can be difficult. What is unknown, however, is how being a Black American on the African continent can be…
The transfiguration is one of my favorite magical Bible stories. It makes me think of some of the best Disney transformation moments. I can just see that bright shining face,…
The last place I would have imagined I would finally respond to the still, small voice of God calling me into ministry would be at a Pride event. For years,…
If someone were to ask you to name one of the oldest Lutheran churches in the Western Hemisphere, would you know it is Frederick Lutheran Church on St. Thomas Island?…
St. Paul Lutheran Church, Davenport, Iowa Senior, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Exercise Science major and Luther baseball second baseman My home congregation is the same church my parents grew up…
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on the ELCA Racial Justice blog. I was 4 years old when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. I was too young to understand the import…
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you…
Sue and I approached the first house with trepidation. I had some paper and a pen in my hands, she balanced a tote bag full of plates of cookies carefully…
(There are some spoilers for the film The Banshees of Inisherin ahead.) Colm Doherty cares about important things. A lifelong resident of the fictional Irish island Inisherin, Colm has spent his…
Last Christmas a corner of Chicago’s Wrigley Field was transformed into an ice skating rink. Skating at the rink was a far cry from the ice skating I did on…
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