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Faith in Action

Faith and family

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…

ELCA awards 11 Rossing Physics Scholarships
Faith in Action

ELCA awards 11 Rossing Physics Scholarships

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: Never quite normal
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Never quite normal

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…

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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…