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Stewards of creation
Brandon and Sarah Bowers run Bowers Farm in Pomaria, S.C., on land that has been in his family since 1938. Though it’s surrounded by a farming community, Bowers Farm stands…
Living Faithfully
Church Together – Apart: Our Response to COVID-19, Detroit
In Detroit, Mich., co-pastors at Love Rising Lutheran Church noticed a problem when families were asked to shelter in place. Many people did not have reliable access to internet. Without…
Mission & Ministry
An innovative approach
As a travel guide, Rick Steves knew his business was contributing to climate change. Last year, the host of the popular PBS series Rick Steves’ Europe—and a member of Trinity…
Mission & Ministry
“You took care of me”
COVID-19 has torn its way around the world, infecting millions of people, sending countries into lockdown and causing many to lose their jobs. The preventative measures to decrease its spread—handwashing,…
Voices of Faith
I’m a Lutheran: Henry Huntington
Joy Lutheran Church, Eagle River, Alaska Arctic researcher and conservationist I believe that we need to work together if we want the world to be a better place. Among other…
Living Faithfully
Amy Current elected bishop of ELCA Southeastern Iowa Synod
Amy Current, Dubuque, Iowa, was elected Aug. 7 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Southeastern Iowa Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during an online…
Voices of Faith
Gifts from the past
Editor’s note: This year the ELCA celebrates 50 years of Lutheran women’s ordination in the United States, 40 years of the ordination of Lutheran women of color and 10 years…
Living Faithfully
Encourage wonder
Good stories not only stay with us, they shape us. They shape our choices, thoughts and beliefs. If we want to shape our kids’ faith beliefs, we are better off…
Living Faithfully
Congregations go green
From West Coast to East Coast, ELCA congregations are establishing green ministries and making changes to reduce their carbon footprints and become better stewards of God’s creation. These efforts, many…
Mission & Ministry
A call to heal creation
If she needs reassurance that her work on creation care is important, Ruth Ivory-Moore just thinks of her two grandsons, 4-year-old Declan and 9-year-old Zayvier. “I want to make sure…
Living Faithfully
ELCA commemorates 500th anniversary of Luther’s Freedom of a Christian
This year marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s treatise The Freedom of a Christian. To observe this milestone, Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, invited the church to…
Living Faithfully
Meeting the challenge of urban unrest
Series editor’s note: Throughout 2020, “Deeper understandings” will engage the ELCA’s commitment to authentic diversity. This month’s piece is excerpted from an article originally published in Lutheran Quarterly in May…
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