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…
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…
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…
Everett Erickson and members of New Frontier Lutheran would fit into any congregation in Minnesota—they hold pancake breakfasts, debate about the duties of head usher and deal with the usual…
Our calling is to trust God, even when that trust leads us into death.
We are invited to join Mary and her response to Jesus’ sacrifice.
Participants learn to trust God while living “The Jesus Way.”
God grieves when we are lost and celebrates when we are found.
Art from Bible stories adorns the walls of historical country churches in Sweden. A tour guide gives their history and explains that the artwork does more than beautify the space…
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.
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