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The gift of God’s son is for the world, not just our church buildings. The Future Church vision focuses on the world experiencing the difference God’s grace and love in…
Congregations volunteer, donate, cook, serve and care for the hungry in our communities. Despite these efforts, 2 out of 3 kids who are born into poor families will likely remain…
Growing up as the son of a U.S. Air Force chaplain in Rice Lake, Wis., Peter Muschinske grew accustomed to people telling him, “You’re going to be a pastor like…
If there’s such a thing as a classic Lutheran upbringing, it must resemble Greg Busboom’s childhood in Flatville, Ill. Busboom’s great-great-grandfather arrived in Flatville from Germany in 1874 and, with…
There comes a point every summer when I realize we aren’t going to complete everything on our summer bucket list. I have big dreams in May (I’ve made lists on…
Editor’s note: This post, written by ELCA Disability Ministries Advisory Team member Peter Heide from a perspective of blindness, was originally published on the ELCA Disability Ministries blog. American organizations created…
People lined the walls of the tiny sanctuary of Atlanta’s St. Luke Lutheran Church, anticipating a type of worship that had never been done before. The summer heat climbed into…
Staff of Border Servant Corps (BSC) in Las Cruces, N.M., spent the beginning of May on the phone, looking for congregations, individuals, social service organizations—anyone to offer room at the…
The ELCA has long presented itself as an inclusive church—especially Lutheran Outdoor Ministries, which is leading the way in welcoming all religions, ethnicities, races and sexual orientations. Several outdoor ministries…
I remember that day well. On July 4, 1983, when I was 8 years old, I was moved to the Thu Duc Orphanage, on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh…
Imagine the Mekong River as it winds through Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to the South China Sea. A unique riverscape with houses on stilts, fishermen tossing nets, gilded temples and…
Author’s note: Lutherans and other hymn lovers may be surprised to learn how many of their favorite hymns come from medieval texts. Can anything good come out of the “Dark…
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