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Faith in Action
November 2016 news
ELCA Fund for Leaders honors scholars The 2016-17 class of ELCA Fund for Leaders scholarship recipients were honored at the program’s annual banquet on Sept. 30 in Chicago. Fund for…
Voices of Faith
Fear and love
In my Lutheran grade school we were assigned a memory verse every week. Friday morning, before lessons began, our ability to write these verses on our lips was tested. Normally…
Theology & Beliefs
The Reformation: 499 years and counting
In 2017, Lutherans, other Protestants and even Roman Catholics will mark the 500th anniversary of the German Reformation, when Martin Luther, a relatively unknown theology professor in Wittenberg, penned 95…
Voices of Faith
Grounded in grace
I just downloaded the Small Catechism app for my iPhone. The moment I did I thought, ironically, “What does this mean?” What does it mean for me to invest space,…
Spiritual Resources
Media in ministry: Go social
How often have you been running errands and thought, “If only I had my copy of Martin Luther’s Small Catechism with me!” That hasn’t happened to you? That’s OK, you’ll…
Voices of Faith
Grounded in grace: God’s advice? Listen.
A young news reporter was crowned the “Queen of Selfies.” She had 16 million Instagram followers who loved nothing more than to see the scenes she captured. Her beautiful face…
Spiritual Resources
Media in ministry: Go social
With the rise of smartphones has come a variety of Bible apps that people can carry with them and read anywhere. How do you choose one? Here are the main…
From The Presiding Bishop
A proclivity for paradox
A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject of all, subject to all (Martin Luther in…
Faith in Action
Faith and family: The God of sheer silence
He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord for the Lord is about to pass by.” Now there was a great wind, so strong that it…
Voices of Faith
Centrifugal: Being a public church
Every year I get to speak with prospective students. These folks aren’t just interested in seminary but have finished the application process and are ready to attend. I want to…
Faith in Action
June 2016 news
Church council addresses theological education Meeting in Chicago April 7-10, the ELCA Church Council approved recommendations and implementing strategies to help sustain theological education for the church. Among the recommendations…
Voices of Faith
On not living steel-plated lives
I’m at the age now where my parents are giving me family household items. Sometimes it feels like they’re saying, “Here, throw this away for me.” But sometimes they’re gems…
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