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On a typical field it likely would have been a routine fly—in baseball lingo, a can of corn. But in Dyersville, Iowa, the ball tracked by Luther College center fielder…
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On a typical field it likely would have been a routine fly—in baseball lingo, a can of corn. But in Dyersville, Iowa, the ball tracked by Luther College center fielder…
Editor’s note: This article originally ran Oct. 29, 2018. There is a lot of meaning packed into the word all in All Saints. Let’s explore the day through this simple…
Five hundred years ago in September, at the Leipzig Fair in the German state of Saxony, the printer Melchior Lotter Jr. offered up for sale his first edition of the…
One of my favorite Sunday school songs is “Zacchaeus Was a Wee Little Man” (“And a wee little man was he”). I love teaching the actions to kids and watching…
It happened on the second morning of synod assembly. Four of us were carpooling to the convention center: a 30-something Black woman from a neighboring congregation and three of us…
St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Oak Harbor, Ohio Elementary general music teacher Attending church with my mom and grandparents is one of my earliest memories. My grandmother would hold me…
“By love he can be grasped and held, but by thought, neither grasped nor held. … With a devout and delightful stirring of love, [you must] struggle to pierce that…
Series editor’s note: Throughout 2022, “Deeper understandings” will feature biblical scholars sharing some of their favorite books of the Bible. Next month, Justin Jeffcoat Schedtler will continue this theme. —Kathryn…
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on the ELCA Racial Justice blog. It is my prayer that each of you had a wonderful Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and that as you looked around…
Members attending worship on Aug. 10 at the ELCA Churchwide Assembly felt the first rhythm of difference that the evening would bring. The Imnizaska Dakota Drum Group of St. Paul,…
We learn in Proverbs 18:21 that “death and life are in the power of the tongue.” When I encounter this verse, I’m reminded that my words have impact and should…
Series editor’s note: Throughout 2022, “Deeper understandings” will feature biblical scholars sharing some of their favorite books of the Bible. —Kathryn A. Kleinhans, dean of Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital…
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