After a string of financially challenging years, Mission Support giving at Elvira Zion Lutheran Church in Clinton, Iowa, dropped to 10 percent of its budget. That’s higher than the ELCA…
Lectionary blog for Sept. 23 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Jeremiah 11:18-20; Psalm 54; James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a; Mark 9:30-37 Across from Tennessee State University in Nashville, there is a congregation that…
Lectionary blog for Sept. 9 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 35:4-7a; Psalm 146; James 2:1-10, 14-17; Mark 7:24-37 “Say to those of fearful heart, ‘Be strong, do not fear! Here…
Older members of your congregation may remember when most stores were closed on Sundays, or when public schools hosted Christmas pageants and taught kids to sing carols. In our current…
You hear the question in most every congregation: “How can we reach today’s youth?” The ELCA Youth Gathering, held every three years and just this past summer in Houston, is…
Series editor’s note: This month’s article continues our series on texts and themes related to our common Lutheran worship with this explanation of Mary, Mother of Our Lord, who is…
Lectionary blog for Sept. 2 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9; Psalm 15; James 1:17-27; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-22 In our gospel reading, Jesus confronts people who focus on…
Bread, bread and more bread. This month’s lectionary readings continue a five-week discourse from John 6 where we encounter Jesus feeding the multitudes. This story from the fourth Gospel offers…
Lectionary blog for Aug. 26 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18; Psalm 34:15-22; Ephesians 6:10-20; John 6:56-69 “Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day…
Lectionary blog for Aug. 5 Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15; Psalm 78:23-39; Ephesians 4:1-16; John 6:24-35 “When the layer of dew lifted, there was on the surface of…
Our denomination is a leader in ecumenical relationships, forging strategic alliances and cooperating on mission with other Christians. The ELCA now has special full-communion partnerships with six other mainline denominations….
Some students at the New LIFE School in the South Bronx, N.Y., use razors and scissors in addition to pencils and pens. The 10 students are learning to be barbers,…
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