Ask veteran Michael Gonzalez what he’d like his fellow citizens to know about him and he’ll say: “A lot of people think veterans are broken or have PTSD (post-traumatic stress…
A lot of folks are in a daze right now, trying to figure out what the outcome of this election means for the United States. Regardless of how we feel—happy,…
The baby-boom generation began turning 65 in 2011, ushering in a period of rapid growth in the aging of America. The 65 and older group is projected to hit more…
In the small town of Mattawa, Wash., members of Grace Lutheran Church and Iglesias de Dios Vivo (Church of the Living God), a Pentecostal Latino congregation, gathered on Sept. 14…
When Augsburg College graduate student Howie Smith attended the 28th annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Minneapolis in June, he wasn’t sure what to expect. But from the moment the…
The times and seasons kept by the body of Christ often bear a consoling and encouraging witness in contrast with the times and seasons of our surrounding culture. Fear and…
Imagine that nothing about your home-town is the same as when you were a child. No longer is there an abundance of food in grocery stores or clean water accessible…
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton joined Lutheran and Catholic leaders for a joint ecumenical commemoration of the Reformation Oct. 31 in Lund, Sweden. Pope Francis; Munib Younan, bishop of the…
ELCA Fund for Leaders honors scholars The 2016-17 class of ELCA Fund for Leaders scholarship recipients were honored at the program’s annual banquet on Sept. 30 in Chicago. Fund for…
In my Lutheran grade school we were assigned a memory verse every week. Friday morning, before lessons began, our ability to write these verses on our lips was tested. Normally…
In 2017, Lutherans, other Protestants and even Roman Catholics will mark the 500th anniversary of the German Reformation, when Martin Luther, a relatively unknown theology professor in Wittenberg, penned 95…
In August, all eyes watched as the first Refugee Olympic Team marched into the opening ceremonies in Rio—carrying with them the Olympic flag. The team was made up of 10…
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