Five years have passed since the 2016 Churchwide Assembly approved (912-28) a declaration repudiating the 15th-century Doctrine of Discovery. The doctrine, sanctioned by the Roman Catholic Church, gave European nations…
It’s no secret that membership in the ELCA is getting older, and many grandmas and grandpas in our churches today lament how few children and young adults are present. What’s…
Ours is a 24/7, go-go world, where the one who hesitates is lost and the one who dies with the most toys wins. We’re working so hard, and it’s depleting…
Those suffering from dementia can feel isolated, excluded and dismissed by the rest of society, and their caregivers can feel overwhelmed and unsupported. Jesus calls Christians to love all our…
Following the example of Jesus, Christians have always responded to the physical and spiritual needs of people they encounter. Addressing the need of the vulnerable in Winston-Salem, N.C., the Dwelling…
How well do you care for and use everything that God has given you—not just possessions and wealth, but relationships, creativity, special talents, intelligence, time, vocation: everything? Using all our…
Along with coffee, communion and potluck suppers, music constitutes a big part of community life in many Lutheran churches. Music not only brings us together for fellowship and common purpose…
Lutherans across the globe can look with honor and pride at our German roots, as well as how our faith practices and beliefs developed along with other European/Western theological traditions….
Long before there was anything resembling an alphabet to record words with ink on paper, people passed along information in the form of stories. The oral tradition is as old…
God came and dwelled among us, Emmanuel, incarnated as Jesus for the salvation of all of humanity in all our wonderful diversity. Though all humans may lay claim to Jesus…
It’s part of our human condition—unexpected, unpredictable, unwanted events that cause us suffering and pain. Maybe the loss of a job, the end of a relationship, a loved one’s death,…
Based on the speed and thoroughness of the culture change we have seen in the last 20 years or so, we can conclude one thing for sure: The church of…
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