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‘Maria was strong, but God is even stronger’
“I am doing OK. … I lost everything, but I am getting back on my feet. Other people have not been able to do that—help them.” These were the words…
Mission & Ministry
Come Together
Those who gathered Sept. 17 at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in St. Paul, Minn., experienced worship that was at once lively and solemn, sobering but hopeful, interactive while reflective….
Voices of Faith
I’m a Lutheran: Moriah Reichert
“I’m a Lutheran” is a monthly profile featuring ELCA members around the country. The profiles showcase ELCA members in all their diversity, connecting one another through individual faith stories as…
Voices of Faith
Uniting seminaries, a life of service and retirement
Editor’s note: President Emeritus Michael Cooper-White served the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg for 17 years, one of the longest seminary presidential tenures in the past 50 years. In 2017,…
Living Faithfully
The grace of adoption
All I saw was my fear, not the joy that could be found on the other side of “yes.” Grace blows into my life as unpredictably as the wind. Sometimes…
Voices of Faith
The theology of Superman
When the heroes of the new Justice League movie opening this week gather against invading alien conquerors, they must go into battle without their most powerful member. Superman, who inaugurated…
Theology & Beliefs
Our Lutheran Life: Jessica Davis
“Our Lutheran Life” invites and encourages ELCA members to tell contemporary stories inspired by the Reformation about how the power of God’s grace plays out in the complexities of daily…
Mission & Ministry
When a Lutheran pastor asked a Muslim doctor to share his story
Mandy France joined Grace Lutheran Church in Dawson, Minn., as an intern about two months before the 2016 presidential election. She overheard people repeating and agreeing with negative comments spoken…
Voices of Faith
Perspective: 5 reasons to ditch that church newsletter
It’s on your calendar if you’re a church worker or a ministry chair, staring you down weeks ahead of schedule: “Write newsletter article.” Newsletters have long been the vehicle of…
Mission & Ministry
Lutherans respond to unprecedented hurricane destruction
Sam Sipes, CEO of Lutheran Services Florida, was reporting on the Hurricane Irma recovery work his organization was doing across the state when he shared a sentiment often expressed among…
Theology & Beliefs
‘An improbable time’
In honor of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton delivered the sermon during an ecumenical prayer service Nov. 5 at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart…
Theology & Beliefs
An appreciation of Martin Luther on the 500th anniversary of the Reformation
I grew up in the Church of Christ, which is one of the more conservative offshoots of the American Restoration Movement. Like other restoration movements throughout church history, ours was…
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