An interview with Amy Beitelschees-Albers, pastor of come2goministries in Fort Wayne, Ind., discussing her food truck ministry with So Much More Ministries. Each week, Beitelschees-Albers and her team of volunteers…
The Conference of Bishops of the ELCA met Sept. 24-28 at the Lutheran Center in Chicago. The conference, an advisory body of the ELCA, comprises 65 synod bishops, the presiding…
“Now I understand where it comes from,” she said with a smile. I (Jake) was sitting with a youth minister at Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp in South-Central Colorado. This was…
Thanks to the power of partnerships and “the kids in the orange shirts,” thousands of disaster relief kits have been distributed to households in underserved Louisiana communities to help them…
We are less than two months from Election Day. Nov. 5 is a significant day in our country as we exercise our right and responsibility as citizens to vote. Aside…
Focal verse “Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received” (1 Peter 4:10). Reflection At our church, fourth…
The ELCA Conference of Bishops has issued a statement on the need to speak the truth. “We know that the power of truth is greater than the power of deceit,”…
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit (Psalm 34:18). At 67, I’ve reached the age when the deaths of dear ones are increasingly common events. I…
Editor’s note: This interview was originally published at lutheranworld.org. The first woman and the first person of color to lead the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod. The first Latina bishop elected…
Collecting. Preparing. Assembling. Packing. Donating. Signing. These are just a few words that describe how congregations served and loved their neighbors on “God’s work. Our hands” Sunday, the ELCA’s day…
Series editor’s note: Throughout 2024 “Deeper understandings” will feature teaching scholars of the ELCA reflecting on the many ways that Lutheran theology makes a difference for our daily lives. —Kristin Johnston Largen, president…
Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a statement on the Haitian immigrant community in Ohio. “The recent national spotlight on Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, clearly has…
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