When Scott Johnson of Fremont, Neb., was elected June 4 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Nebraska Synod, he felt a mixture of emotions: affirmation, surprise and…
Nearly a century before the Americans with Disabilities Act became law, a Minnesota church chose accessibility over tradition. The result is a functional monument to making worship more inviting to…
Focal verse “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). Reflection Turn the calendar to August and you may see numerous things…
O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder consider all the works thy hand hath made, I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder, thy power throughout the…
Marlene Whiterabbit Helgemo, advocate, community leader and the first Native American woman ordained in the Lutheran church, died July 22. She was 75. Helgemo, a member of the Ho-Chunk Tribe…
Claire S. Burkat began serving as interim bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod earlier this month. She told Living Lutheran that she was “more surprised than anyone” to be serving…
The football teams start their drills. The marching bands begin marching. And, at about this time every year, college students everywhere begin making their lists: What to bring? Will they…
When Peter Friberg was 5 years old, he began attending the Augustana School in Kiomboi, Tanzania. Friberg was born in Tanzania to American missionaries from the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church…
As he prepares to take office as bishop of the Pacifica Synod on Aug. 1, David C. Nagler of San Diego said the synod has a great opportunity and role…
Over the month of June, we posed a question to our social media audience every week under the hashtag #ELCAQuestionOfTheWeek, focusing on the theme of belonging. We began this initiative…
Although Craig A. Miller of Mifflinburg, Pa., knew he would be a candidate for the position, he says he was unprepared for the results when he was elected on June…
When my children were young, I spent way too much money on far too many playthings. With my grandchildren, I had a chance to pull back on the gifting (with…
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