It wasn’t long ago that Gov. Tim Walz was first announced as the Democratic nominee for U.S. vice president, alongside presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Moments after Harris declared her running…
For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. Who knows? Perhaps…
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by the Saint Paul Area Synod on Jan. 12. The sport of roller derby has been around since the 1930s. The game (or “bout”)…
Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a statement on the immediate impacts of recent executive orders focused on immigration. “I have heard about families frightened of being…
Series editor’s note: In 2025, “Deeper understandings” is focusing on the ELCA social statements. We hope to reintroduce them to readers as a means of provoking fruitful, enriching conversation between Christians with different…
Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, released a pastoral message Jan. 24 on recent executive orders, noting the “peaceful transfer of power central to our democracy, followed by sweeping…
Gabriel Wounded Head discusses his commitment to hearing the stories of his Indigenous siblings, as well as his commitment to sharing his own, and what he is learning from others….
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by…
In observance of the 2025 National Day of Racial Healing, the ELCA, in partnership with Augsburg Fortress Press, will host a free online educational event Tuesday, Jan. 21, from 10…
Nuestro Casa para Todos—which means “Our House for All”—is a new ELCA ministry serving students and neighbors of the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras. In March 2023, Nuestro…
Pursuant to constitutional provision 12.31. and bylaw 12.31.02. in the “Constitution, Bylaws, and Continuing Resolutions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,” the Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church…
The 119th U.S. Congress, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives, began a two-year term of the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government following swearing in on…
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