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Voices of Faith

Transformation in Mexico

I walked into my Mexican home and collapsed on the couch. Through tears, I exclaimed to my host dad, “I wish I had never come to Mexico. This was a…
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Living Faithfully

Showing up

It was a familiar scene for me as the pastor, newly married: “So, Pastor, when are you planning on having kids?” “You don’t feel well? (Big smile.) Oh, I can…
A seat at the table
Living Faithfully

A seat at the table

It’s a Tuesday night. People are gathered in a back room of a restaurant in downtown Tulsa, Okla. Amid the pouring of refills and clearing of plates, someone begins to…
Building more than structures
Living Faithfully

Building more than structures

Entrusting a half-million-dollar renovation investment to a construction team made up of a retired pastor, a farmer, an administrative assistant, an engineer and a salesman may seem like a risky…
Hope, dignity and love
Living Faithfully

Hope, dignity and love

The four “grandmas” playing pinochle grinned when Elson Daniels ran to their card table. Seated in a cozy living room overlooking a snow-covered courtyard in Billings, Mont., they greeted the…
Cultivating curiosity
Living Faithfully

Cultivating curiosity

Blueprints were strewn hastily over a tabletop. A truck putt-putt-putted its way across the carpet squares. Little orange hard hats circled a room filled with the cacophony of a construction…
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Theology & Beliefs

Reformation stories: Martin Luther as old-time radio star

Editor’s note: Throughout 2017, we’re highlighting reader submissions of ways they’re observing the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Submit your story by sending 300 words or less, plus photos, to livinglutheran@elca.org,…
The Campaign for the ELCA: A look at domestic initiatives
Mission & Ministry

The Campaign for the ELCA: A look at domestic initiatives

 Launched in early 2014, the ELCA’s five-year, $198 million “Always Being Made New: The Campaign for the ELCA” is well underway. With 10 major priorities, the campaign’s comprehensive scope offers…
The Campaign for the ELCA: What you need to know
Mission & Ministry

The Campaign for the ELCA: What you need to know

Celebrating 25 years as a church body and bringing together members, congregations, synods and partners in ministry, the ELCA’s five-year, $198 million “Always Being Made New: The Campaign for the…
Recovery and the church
Mission & Ministry

Recovery and the church

Suzanna Hayes says she was broken four years ago. She’d been sober for 14 years but felt stagnant in her recovery. Around that time she saw a flier for Common…