Madeline Wilson (center), a student at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., stands for a portrait with fellow students who are involved with her campaign asking the college to reform its…
Lectionary blog for May 8, 2016 Seventh Sunday of Easter Acts 16:16-34; Psalm 97; Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21; John 17:20-26 This is Mother’s Day. When I was a kid, my…
Christus Rex Lutheran Campus Center, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks Law student, state representative and chair of the North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party I found my faith when I…
Lectionary blog for May 1, 2016 Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 16:9-15; Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5; John 14:23-29 In June of 1977, I – along 20 other women and men – was…
Dave Belcher served in the Army for 17 years. He was a platoon sergeant and received a Bronze Star and a Combat Infantry Badge, but he came home with a…
A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the northern coast of Ecuador April 16, killing more than 240 people and injuring more than 2,500 people. According to Ecuador’s seismological institute, more than…
Lectionary blog for April 24, 2016 Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 11:1-18, Psalm 148, Revelation 21:1-6, John 13:31-35 My sister and her husband attend a church that is part of…
Lectionary blog for April 17, 2016 Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 9:36-43; Psalm 23; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30 I recently conducted the funeral for a woman in her 90s who…
Q+A How do I teach my child empathy? Our children hear it every day at school and at home: share, take turns, keep your hands to yourself. Yet it takes…
The ELCA has awarded the 2016-2017 Rossing Physics Scholarships to 11 ELCA college and university students. The annual scholarships are made possible through gifts from Dr. Thomas D. Rossing, who…
Lectionary blog for April 10, 2016 Third Sunday After Easter Texts: Acts 9:1-6; Psalm 30; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19 When my older son was a preschooler, we had a book…
Who are we? What is our place in the cosmos? What is the meaning of life? As humans, we constantly ask these profound questions in one setting or another. Both…
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