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Voices of Faith
My faith journey: How I became a Lutheran
I went to college hoping to lose my faith. Two months before I arrived at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., my parents had sent me to a camp…
Living Faithfully
Global Farm Challenge connects youth and farmers
It’s been a little over a year since the 2018 ELCA Youth Gathering in Houston, yet the significance of this event for the 31,000 Lutherans who attended and for those…
Voices of Faith
Toy Story and letting go of childish things
For a toy made in the 1950s, Sheriff Woody is pretty immature. In the almost 25 years we’ve known the central character of the animated Toy Story series, we’ve seen…
Voices of Faith
Examples from church history
Editor’s note: In this five–part series, former ELCA Presiding Bishop Herbert Chilstrom examines the authority and interpretation of the Bible. Part three explored the witness of the Bible within the…
Voices of Faith
Ministry without limits
A congregation I once served opened their building monthly for a Narcotics Anonymous group. The relationship was conflict-free until a parishioner discovered a pill on the fellowship hall floor and…
Mission & Ministry
Interreligious programs deepen students’ faith
Editor’s note: “There are no young people here” is a common refrain as some worry about the future of the church. But young adults are indeed active across the ELCA and…
Voices of Faith
A deep kinship
When the ELCA Church Council met in April, Susan C. Johnson, national bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), offered a greeting to the group as an ecumenical…
Living Faithfully
“We are church”
Next month, voting members will convene Aug. 5-10 for the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee. This will be the 15th gathering of the assembly, the…
Voices of Faith
How Rachel Held Evans influenced my faith
“When you stop trying to force the Bible to be something it’s not—static, perspicacious, certain, absolute—then you’re free to revel in what it is: living, breathing, confounding, surprising and, yes,…
Living Faithfully
Synods meet for education and business
Editor’s note: Synod communicators were asked to share a highlight from their assemblies. What made a difference to participants? What was the most important part of the assembly? Responses from…
Mission & Ministry
Stories of hope and resilience
Gang violence. Domestic abuse. No means to put food on the table. These are the realities spurring Hondurans to migrate to the U.S. Many feel they have no other choice…
Mission & Ministry
100 years of inspiring faith
James Hazelwood didn’t grow up in the church. Still, the directors at El Camino Pines, a Lutheran outdoor camp north of Los Angeles, took a chance on this “unchurched guy,”…
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