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Voices of Faith
A challenge in the Holy Land
Finding a photo for our family Christmas card should have been easy this year, after all, we are living, walking and breathing in the place where it all began—where Jesus…
Lectionary Blog
Lectionary blog: Is it now ‘back to normal’?
Lectionary blog for Jan. 1 The First Sunday of Christmas/Holy Innocents Isaiah 63:7-9; Psalm 148; Hebrews 2:10-18; Matthew 2:13-23 When my boys were little, they loved Richard Scarry’s Christmas Book….
Voices of Faith
At the intersection of theater and church
The comparisons between church and theater are easy to make. Simply substitute the words parishioners for audiences, hymns for songs and sermons for monologues. Both present a message that the…
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…
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