Stories, reflections and perspectives from diverse range of voices across the ELCA.
Editor’s note: This reader recipe is an online addition to our November 2020 cover story, “Taste and see.” Shirley’s chunky hamburger soup By Judelle Murphy Shirley’s chunky hamburger soup is a favorite of…
Editor’s note: This reader recipe is an online addition to our November 2020 cover story, “Taste and see.” Corn dish By Ralph K. Livdahl, retired ELCA pastor At 96 years of age, I…
Editor’s note: This reader recipe is an online addition to our November 2020 cover story, “Taste and see.” Basic dump cake By Kris Luber When I became a youth director, I looked forward…
Editor’s note: This reader recipe is an online addition to our November 2020 cover story, “Taste and see.” Rhubarb crisp By Carol Surine The CHUM Rhubarb Festival is an annual event that happens…
Editor’s note: This reader recipe is an online addition to our November 2020 cover story, “Taste and see.” Reader recipe: Praising with pasties By Christina Bush Grace Lutheran Church, Hastings, Mich., has a…
Editor’s note: This reader recipe is an online addition to our November 2020 cover story, “Taste and see.” Lefse By Ellen Hesselberg Our women’s Pricillia Circle at Holmen Lutheran Church…
Series editor’s note: Throughout 2020, “Deeper understandings” will engage the ELCA’s commitment to authentic diversity. —Kathryn A. Kleinhans, dean of Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital University, Columbus, Ohio This month…
Series editor’s note: Throughout 2020, “Deeper understandings” will engage the ELCA’s commitment to authentic diversity. —Kathryn A. Kleinhans, dean of Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital University, Columbus, Ohio The Freedom…
“What type of person do you want to be?” I was taken aback when asked this question during a college service-learning trip. Rather than focusing on what I should be…
“What I have to do is to honor this pilgrimage through life. And so I am this pilgrim who’s constantly amazed by this journey” —Paulo Coehlo I’ve long loved the…
I think this is almost invariably (note the tiny escape clause) an accurate statement: Lutheran pastors do not tell parishioners how to vote. Not only is this technically illegal but…
One thousand, nine hundred and seventy-three miles. That’s the distance between Lodi, Calif., and Los Fresnos, Texas. It’s a distance I drove twice with a father and his children—two little…
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