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From The Presiding Bishop
If God is enough
From time to time I am invited to celebrate congregational anniversaries. It’s wonderful to see the church in action and to meet members from all across the country. It is…
Faith in Action
It happens close to home
The voice of child sexual exploitation is often the sound of deadening silence. But Cherish All Children, a decade-old national Lutheran ministry to prevent child sexual exploitation, speaks up for…
Faith in Action
Bishop comes out
Kevin Kanouse, bishop of the Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana Mission Area (synod), came out as gay at the ELCA Youth Gathering during a Bible study/reflection time with synod youth. “Several of…
Faith in Action
A long summer, for many reasons
But despite its many trying events, there is still hope.
Mission & Ministry
From refugee to ordination
South Sudanese war refugee embraces the Lutheran message.
Faith in Action
On forgiveness and childhood sex abuse
Recent revelations about abuse in the Duggar family, known for TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting, and the ensuing public discourse, has motivated me to write about my experience as an…
Mission & Ministry
The ripple effect
Herman Fink, a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Corsica, S.D., said he has “no illusions of being an evangelist.” But for more than 20 years, Fink and others…
Mission & Ministry
Hurricane Katrina: Ten years later
Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, wreaking havoc from the Florida Panhandle to western Louisiana and killing 1,833 people. Approximately 90,000-square miles were declared federal disaster…
Mission & Ministry
Sit in the front pew and pray
In the aftermath of a flood or tornado, it’s easy to see the devastation. But the recent avian influenza outbreak has hit hard, undermining small-town economies while leaving no visible…
From The Presiding Bishop
There is no curtain obscuring plots
At a Conference of Bishops meeting a few years after the 2009 Churchwide Assembly, bishops shared some of the most outrageous suspicions they had heard about the churchwide office. One…
Mission & Ministry
Justice
Ask a friend to define justice, and chances are good you will hear some words about fairness. If you press further, you are likely to hear an exposition of what…
Faith in Action
Talking racism on a deeper level
If we don’t address this darkness, we will be engulfed by it.
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