In 2010, Christie Tietjen, a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Chesterfield, Mo., was laid up for six weeks after foot surgery. As she recovered, church family and others provided…
Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s announcement about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program: “As we journey…
Editor’s note: Hurricane Harvey hit the Gulf Coast of the United States on Aug. 26, 2017, threatening millions of people with multiple days of heavy rain, winds and rising tides. Lutheran…
In Malawi, a densely populated country in southeast Africa, many children—especially those 5 and younger—don’t receive enough food on a daily basis. Too many are starving. But the Evangelical Lutheran…
Not just on dairies, you see them everywhere—walking on the street, shopping in supermarkets, dining in restaurants, driving on the highways, and working in factories, farms, orchards, construction sites, hotels…
With Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton, the ELCA issued the following statement on gender identity discrimination: In light of recent public events and conversation, it is important to remember the Evangelical…
At 28, Nuru Benson Mwakasutu of Itete, Tanzania, found out she was HIV-positive. “I lost hope and, yes, I was completely a bedridden case in a very short time,” the…
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), stands against all forms of hatred and discrimination. The church believes that cultural, ethnic and racial differences should be seen and celebrated as…
Every other week, a bus with 10 to 15 veterans from the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center pulls up to Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Libertyville, Ill….
The African Descent Lutheran Association (ADLA) and the Union of Black Episcopalians (UBE) gathered for a joint assembly July 22-26 in Cherry Hill, N.J., commemorating ADLA’s 30th anniversary and the…
For the second time this summer, Charlottesville, Va., will be a destination for white supremacists. The first incident occurred July 8 when members of the Ku Klux Klan held a…
The book of Jonah takes up exactly two pages in my Bible. But as with many parts of God’s word, just a little bit can alter the course of a…
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