Editor’s note: With global migration on the rise and cultural polarization increasing, there is a pressing need for peace among neighbors and nations. In this six-part series, “Lutheran legacy of…
El Día del Padre es en junio. Permítame hablarle un poco de mi papá. Él se llamaba William Frederick Eaton, y nació en 1924 de un padre católico irlandés y…
Eben Ezer Lutheran Church, Oaks, Okla. Director of youth services, Cherokee Nation Human Services I believe the Creator is present everywhere and in everyone we interact with. We live a…
Lynden, Wash., is a place of fertile fields where roots of faith run deep. Yet even amid plenty, there is hunger. Hope Lutheran Church in Lynden is making connections…
Editor’s note: Following two high school shootings this May, Sophia Behrens, a high school junior and member of the ELCA Youth Core Leadership Team, offers a faith reflection and call…
For refugees in Houston, transportation to work can often make or break job security. Just ask Abdulhannan Sheikho, a Syrian refugee recently resettled there. He received a free bike from…
The term “intersectionality” has been in use for about 30 years, but not everyone is familiar with its meaning. Generally, it refers to the ways in which different forms of…
Editor’s note: Ongoing protests in Gaza for the “Right of Return” escalated on May 14, the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, and on May 15, when the…
At the 2016 Churchwide Assembly, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton announced the appointment of an 11-member task force to develop a draft policy statement regarding the ELCA’s interreligious relations. On Jan….
But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” — Luke 10:29 A week ago, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided a Mexican restaurant near…
Last weekend, following her election as the ELCA’s first female African-descent synod bishop, Patricia Davenport was reminded of a hymn her congregation sings, “For Everyone Born” by Shirley Erena Murray….
Mark, a Long Island, N.Y., business owner, satisfied a $200-a-day opioid addiction by buying drugs on the streets, but he found recovery at a Lutheran church, where he satisfied his…
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