The pulpit front and center. Sunlight streaming through stained glass. Pews stretching from wall to wall with hymnals and offering envelopes tucked in the back, awaiting parishioners on a Sunday…
March is Women’s History Month in the U.S. I call on our church to reflect on this history and to renew our commitment to gender justice for women and girls…
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has released a pastoral message addressing the mass shootings that occurred Friday at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. “We join in mourning for the…
This International Women’s Day (March 8), we stand at a critical moment in history. Church and society have made great strides in universalizing human rights, while simultaneously continuing to divide…
For Linda Muhly, ministering can take place in the rugged terrain of the West Virginia mountains during a search and rescue mission. Jeff Crim’s spiritual workplace is a tiny ship…
Since 2007, more than 40,000 cases of human trafficking in the United States have been reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, and it has received more than 125,00 signals…
In a changing world, the ELCA is now focusing on congregational vitality, which the ELCA Conference of Bishops described by saying vitality is found in communities of Jesus that nurture…
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton and leaders from the Episcopal Church, the Anglican Church of Canada, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada have prepared a series of devotions for…
Editor’s note: Lutheran Disaster Response is working with Lutheran Social Services of Northern California and the Sierra Pacific Synod to respond to the destruction caused by the recent Camp Fire. Please consider donating to help deliver…
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton was a co-signatory of an ecumenical statement sent November 14 to all members of the U.S. Congress and Senate, as well as to the White…
Maxine Locklear Amos is fortunate. The Lumberton, N.C., resident and member of the Lumbee Tribe suffered no damage from Hurricane Florence when it made its slow, destructive descent over the…
The presiding bishop and Conference of Bishops of the ELCA, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church on behalf of its House of Bishops, and the United States Conference of…
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