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Living Faithfully
Our first calling
“What if I choose the wrong path? What if I go in one direction and find out later I was supposed to go in another?” As graduation season looms, students…
Voices of Faith
I’m a Lutheran: Carol W. Carroll
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Saratoga, Calif. Engineer I believe God created the universe and everything in it. I believe God gave us the power to think and discover, the…
Living Faithfully
Spring to-do list for little Lutherans
It’s spring, the season of fresh-smelling grass, birds chirping, daffodils blooming, blue skies, rain showers and warmer temperatures. For some in the United States, spring seems to be taking its…
Living Faithfully
Rules for church
Parents of small children are likely to have a long do and don’t list for worshiping as a family: Don’t tear the pages out of the hymnal. Don’t climb under…
Mission & Ministry
The spirit of God on the move
Editor’s note: With global migration on the rise and cultural polarization increasing, there is a pressing need for peace among neighbors and nations. In our series “Lutheran legacy of peacemaking,”…
Voices of Faith
Holy possessions in an anxious age
I get asked from time to time: “What made you decide to become a pastor?” Not as often now as when I was preparing for ordination and interviewing with call…
Living Faithfully
A barbershop blessing
Sometimes planning for the future can spur big changes in the present. That was the case for Elaine T. Jones and her daughter, Chanda Jones. Elaine, a retired teacher and…
Voices of Faith
God’s grand creation
Even with our extended winter this year, the bluebirds are back and choosing their nesting sites, which, for me, means that “spring has sprung!” One of the primary ways I enjoy…
Living Faithfully
One in Christ
When the 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly authorized the development of a social statement on women and justice, issues related to the topic weren’t dominating the headlines. Nearly 10 years later,…
Voices of Faith
Perspective: The strange fruit of Good Friday
Editor’s note: This entry is the fourth of a multipart series on white fragility. Read the introduction here, part two here and part three here. Every other Tuesday through mid-May,…
Voices of Faith
I’m a Lutheran: Olivia Konrardy-Buchal
First Lutheran Church, Onalaska, Wis. Fifth-grader at Eagle Bluff Elementary School, Onalaska, Wis. I believe that everyone should be treated equally and have a second chance. Nobody should be left…
Mission & Ministry
Waves of faith
Rolling, sun-kissed waves on the Pacific Ocean provide Jerry Phillips, a fourth-year undergraduate at the University of California–Santa Barbara (UCSB) more than a stage on which to improve his surfing…
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