On a recent Thursday evening at Ebenezer Lutheran in Chicago, students sat at tables smiling, laughing, talking and enjoying a meal of pasta prepared by Michael Fick, pastor of the…
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…
Two sides of the same coin, they help us find our way to God.
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…
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…
But God, the mother hen, always seeks to protect us, the chicks.
Admitting we aren’t perfect allows for a truth we know but try to avoid.
It is human to shut our eyes and pretend that Jesus won’t have to die.
Like Jesus, we can struggle with what it means to be a child of God.
They traveled far and wide and asked a simple question.
“Bearing Fruit” features Colossians with readings and reflections.
The important question is what did the disciples say they saw?
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