Dave Belcher served in the Army for 17 years. He was a platoon sergeant and received a Bronze Star and a Combat Infantry Badge, but he came home with a…
It was fiscal pragmatism that originally led Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Hood River, Ore., to look at merger options. Nearly a decade later, a culture of collaboration, service and faith…
Everyday, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer Ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions are offered as a guide for your own…
Starbucks barista. Pharmacist. Substitute teacher. Nanny. Animal handler. Roller derby announcer. These seemingly unrelated professionals have one thing in common—they’re all leading “double lives” as church workers, most as pastors….
Lectionary blog for April 17, 2016 Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 9:36-43; Psalm 23; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30 I recently conducted the funeral for a woman in her 90s who…
Photo: Niklaus Schillack, Church Relations Samaritas Kenneth Fouty, pastor of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Clawson, Mich., passes water to ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton on Sunday afternoon, April 3….
Everyday, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer Ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions are offered as a guide for your own…
Everyday, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer Ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions are offered as a guide for your own…
In response to the March 22 bombings in Brussels, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton offered the following: “This is Holy Week. It is the week when Christians meditate on…
Since 2001 roller derby has enjoyed a renaissance as an all-volunteer, do-it-yourself sport that has inspired women, men and children to throw caution to the wind and throw their bodies…
Every Monday, Living Lutheran offers a week’s worth of prayers from the ELCA resource Prayer Ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions – one for each day this week…
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…
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