Series editor’s note: Throughout 2021, “Deeper understandings” will continue to engage the ELCA’s commitment to authentic diversity. Man Hei Yip will carry on this theme in the next issue. —Kathryn…
If you’re like me, the pandemic has brought you to all sorts of new streaming shows you might never have discovered otherwise. One of my favorites is The Repair Shop,…
In March 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic caused people to adjust how they worked, went to school and socialized, most in-person worship services were halted. Congregational leaders rushed to find…
Steven Oelschlager thinks of the church as being in the bread business. He cites John 6:35: “Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me…
Editor’s update: Brenda Bos was installed as bishop of the Southwest California Synod Sept. 12, 2021, at Angelica Lutheran Church in Los Angeles. Many bishops have had interesting and varied career…
In late June, leaders of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) participated in a two-day visit to Rome that included an audience with Pope Francis on June 25. The LWF delegation…
Focal verse “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). Reflection As our children grow and become exposed to…
The already-declining membership and budget at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Royal Oak, Mich., took another hit as the deadly COVID-19 pandemic got a toehold in the area. The coronavirus…
The doors of your church building have magical properties. You may not have noticed, but these magical effects play out differently for outsiders than for insiders. When outsiders approach church…
At the beginning of last summer, my kids took a week’s worth of swim lessons. On the first day I watched them stand behind the other children on the pool…
Money is an issue that affects everyone. Situations will vary, but as one factor in the functioning of society, money is a necessary aspect of daily life. Despite this ubiquity,…
Editor’s note: This article originally ran on July 3, 2020. “Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father…
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