Healing love
Mission & Ministry

Healing love

Raised in San Antonio as a Roman Catholic, Enedina Casarez Vasquez was 9 years old when an incident during mass changed her life. She was waiting for her friend Tony…
A home for discernment
Voices of Faith

A home for discernment

A venerable space at West Virginia University (WVU) is being repurposed to help develop the next generation of church leaders and alleviate the financial burden on young people considering church…
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Voices of Faith

Prayers rise like incense

I call upon you, O Lord; come quickly to me; give ear to my voice when I call to you. Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and…
ELCA Church Council votes to remove “Vision and Expectations”
Living Faithfully

ELCA Church Council votes to remove “Vision and Expectations”

The ELCA Church Council voted today to remove “Vision and Expectations” from use in the ELCA. Disciplinary standards for rostered ministers are outlined in “Definitions and Guidelines for Discipline.” The…
ELCA presiding bishop addresses concerns about COVID-19
Living Faithfully

ELCA presiding bishop addresses concerns about COVID-19

ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has issued a statement in response to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). “We are living in the time of the coronavirus,” the statement…
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Voices of Faith

Henri Nouwen, Fred Rogers and a life rooted in good soil

Seven springs ago, in the second month of my worship at Faith Lutheran Church, Glen Ellyn, Ill., I encountered for the first time the hymn “Lord, Let My Heart Be…
A servant leader of deep faith
Living Faithfully

A servant leader of deep faith

Herbert W. Chilstrom, the first presiding bishop of the ELCA, died Jan. 19 at his home in Green Valley, Ariz., surrounded by his family. He was 88. He is survived…
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Living Faithfully

Lost and found

Editor’s note: Welcome to our new web column, “Faith & family: Growing together,” which complements our “Faith & family” department. Join Kimberly Knowle-Zeller each month as she explores different stages…
Grounded in grace
Voices of Faith

Grounded in grace

Maybe you’ve heard of the $27 million Creation Museum in Petersburg, Ky. The museum’s central mission is to square the stories in Genesis with the facts of science. For those…
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Mission & Ministry, Study Guides

Study guide: They bring good news

The ELCA’s evolving effort to serve God’s people has given us two tracks for people set apart—ordained—for lifelong service to God’s people: pastors, who are ministers of “Word and Sacrament,”…
Let’s do laundry
Living Faithfully

Let’s do laundry

Abby Vesga understands what it’s like to not know where you will lay your head at night, when your next meal will be or how you will clean your clothes.  …