The Church Council of the ELCA met at the Lutheran Center in Chicago Nov. 8-11. As it continues to focus its work around Future Directions 2025 priority areas, the council engaged…
Maxine Locklear Amos is fortunate. The Lumberton, N.C., resident and member of the Lumbee Tribe suffered no damage from Hurricane Florence when it made its slow, destructive descent over the…
As Lutherans, we know our faith is an embodied one; our bodies are intentional and good. But in an image-focused, calorie-counting world, it’s possible to forget that each body is…
Less than a week before Dan Roschke started his call as pastor of Bethlehem Lutheran in Fairfax, Va., the church was vandalized in a June 26 hate crime. He arrived…
The legacy of a 12-year-old girl lives on in a disability ministry at Central Lutheran Church in Mondovi, Wis. In 2015, a couple who worships at Central introduced the possibility…
St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, La Grange, Texas Artist/jewelry designer I pray that no matter how and where you were raised, and no matter your race or religion, we can…
“Interims want to help people through the transition period, understanding clearly their accountability to their baptismal covenant and whatever future their congregation may have.” Your pastor has retired after 25…
The Carr Fire. Three words that will long be remembered in parts of California as one of the worst tragedies in the state’s history. Its statistics are overwhelming: three firefighters…
Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series highlighting youth and young adult ministries funded by Always Being Made New: The Campaign for the ELCA. Teaming up is…
Glenda Eggerling wanted a different experience. A member of a predominantly white ELCA congregation, she began attending additional worship services at an ethnically diverse congregation to gain new insights. Eggerling’s…
Congregations are always trying to find out the rules of attraction. I don’t use the word “attractive” to indicate “hip,” “trendy” or even aesthetically pretty, but a cluttered building does…
Lectionary blog for July 29 Tenth Sunday after Pentecost 2 Kings 4:42-44; Psalm 145:10-18; Ephesians 3:14-21; John 6:1-21 In the southern evangelical churches of my youth, we didn’t really have…
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