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Mission & Ministry

Developing ‘strong bonds’

Every day nearly 150 ELCA clergy are at work ministering to the women and men of the U.S. armed forces. “As chaplains we interact with our people in some powerful…
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Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: A suffering servant for God

Our calling is to trust God, even when that trust leads us into death.
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Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Extravagantly grateful, generous

We are invited to join Mary and her response to Jesus’ sacrifice.
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Spiritual Resources

Outdoor Ministries curriculum

Participants learn to trust God while living “The Jesus Way.”
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Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Immeasurable and unreasonable

God grieves when we are lost and celebrates when we are found.
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Faith in Action

Women clergy thankful for gains, frustrated by leadership gap

Editor’s note: In observance of Women’s History Month in March, we remember the ELCA’s predecessor bodies that made history in 1970 when they ordained the first Lutheran women pastors. This…
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Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Judgment tempered with grace

Two sides of the same coin, they help us find our way to God.
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Faith in Action

College closing

Trinity Lutheran College in Everett, Wash., announced at the beginning of its spring semester that it will cease all academic instruction in May with no intention of resuming classes in…
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Faith in Action

New theology school

The boards of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg (Pa.) and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia adopted identical resolutions calling for “the creation of a new school of theology…
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Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: A fox is loose in the henhouse

But God, the mother hen, always seeks to protect us, the chicks.