I’m a Lutheran: Caroline Bonnema
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I’m a Lutheran: Caroline Bonnema

Nurse Practitioner, Texas Oncology Triumphant Love Lutheran Church, Austin, Texas We transferred to Triumphant Love in 2018 from Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran [when] we moved just north of Austin…

ELCA Church Council considers legislative proposals for 2025 Churchwide Assembly
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ELCA Church Council considers legislative proposals for 2025 Churchwide Assembly

The Church Council of the ELCA gathered at the Lutheran Center in Chicago, Nov. 14-17. The council, which serves as the ELCA churchwide organization’s board of directors and interim legislative…

Woven Together: A Post-Election Message
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Woven Together: A Post-Election Message

The day after the 2024 presidential election, whether individually people experience joy or grief, Bishop Eaton reflects on the many expressions of our church being woven together as strands of…

Holding on
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Holding on

About five years ago, I was asked to help people at our small Lutheran church manage the steps to the altar rail for communion. There are only two steps, but…

School pickup prayers
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School pickup prayers

Focal verse “Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints” (Ephesians 6:18)….

A century of community through faith
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A century of community through faith

At the turn of the 20th century, life looked a lot different in San Juan, Texas. A strict divide existed between the area’s white residents and their Mexican American neighbors,…

Twenty-fifth anniversary of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification
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Twenty-fifth anniversary of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification

Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, and Denis Madden, auxiliary bishop emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, have issued a statement commemorating the 25th anniversary of…

ELCA receives Lilly Endowment grant for children’s ministry
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ELCA receives Lilly Endowment grant for children’s ministry

The ELCA has received a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish Curious Christian Children: Reimagining Kids in Worship, a new initiative of the ELCA’s Ministry with…