St. Paulus Lutheran Church turned 150 years old on May 15. San Francisco has been its home for the past century and a half, and during that time, St. Paulus…
The words “college students” and “free food” often go together, but two ELCA colleges—Augsburg in Minneapolis and Augustana in Rock Island, Ill.—are putting a twist on the stereotype. Both campuses have…
Death and transition are universal human experiences. Acknowledging our common mortality, some anonymous plainspoken philosopher coined the phrase: “Nobody gets out alive.” But that realization doesn’t lesson the pain that…
Jon B. Olson, pastor of Lutheran Campus Ministry at Minnesota State University, Moorhead. Tia Mathre-Adams, director of Lutheran Campus Ministry for San Antonio area colleges and universities. Becca Seely, director…
As she was on her way to her first worship service of the morning, Jess Felici, a pastor of Mountain Lutheran Parish, received a phone call from a member saying…
At 28.1 percent, churches in rural settings make up the largest single demographic block among the ELCA’s nearly 10,000 congregations. Every ministry context has its challenges and opportunities, but ministry…
As congregations struggle with how to manage unused space in their large buildings, Mount Olive Lutheran in Santa Monica, Calif., has become home to homeless and hungry college students. Every…
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…
Some years ago, just before Christmas, I was sitting and enjoying conversation with a staff member one minute, then lying on the ground the next, completely unaware that my body…
Missionaries have been part of our Christian faith since the resurrected Jesus gathered with his followers on a mountaintop in Galilee to give them the Great Commission. But the work…
Lectionary blog for Feb. 19 The seventh Sunday after the Epiphany Leviticus 19:1-2,9-18; Psalm 119:33-40; 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23; Matthew 5:38-48 Not too many years ago, a mother of two…
Lectionary blog for Feb. 12 The sixth Sunday after the Epiphany Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Psalm 119:1-8; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; Matthew 5:21-37 In the 1980s, I was a pastor in Rowan County,…
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