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Voices of Faith
Holy questions
Author and ELCA pastor Natalia Terfa knows what it’s like to find oneself on the outside looking in. Growing up, she had a healthy curiosity that she found wasn’t always…
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Taking risks for the sake of the gospel
Elected May 16 as bishop of the ELCA Saint Paul Area Synod, Justin Grimm believes that everyone in God’s family has gifts to use in our work of transforming the…
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Holy listening
The woman hadn’t spoken for 20 minutes. Her weathered hands clutched a well-worn tissue, and her eyes were fixed on the sterile white floor of the hospital waiting room. As…
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Know that you are free
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on the ELCA Racial Justice blog. Let’s take a trip back to high school history class: The history of enslaved people on what would…
Voices of Faith, Living Faithfully
Commemorating the Emanuel Nine
The following appears in the 2022 African Descent Ministries Annual Report to remember the nine members of Emanuel American Methodist Church in Charleston, South Carolina on June 17, 2015. The…
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I’m a Lutheran: Doug Bennett
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Raleigh, N.C. Head athletic trainer, Carolina Hurricanes Hockey Club In 2012, my then-girlfriend, now my wife, Shelley, and I were visiting multiple churches in the Raleigh…
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Grounded in sabbath
The world has grown crazier than usual; life as we knew it has tilted and won’t right itself. This takes energy to process and navigate, energy we’d rather pour into…
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My faith journey: We can all do great things
When the school year comes to an end, a mixture of emotions arises. Some students experience joy, others sense relief and some feel sadness. All these emotions are perfectly normal….
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Praying for and honoring our nonbinary siblings
Today, we give thanks for our nonbinary siblings as we continue to celebrate Pride Month and honor the diversity of God’s people. Prayer: God, who transcends all genders and identities,…
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Holding on to curiosity and joy
Elected April 25 as bishop of the Northeastern Minnesota Synod, Taryn Montgomery sees the vital importance of churches’ ties to their local communities. Montgomery, who served as synod minister for…
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Shared experiences
Editor’s note: This the final installment of a three-part series of Lutherans reflecting on their families’ experience of Japanese American incarceration. When Stacy D. Kitahata, an ELCA member and third-generation…
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Worship without erasure
When Bimen Limbong began serving in Jeffersontown, Ky., a congregant approached him with a concern: his accent made it difficult to follow his sermons. He didn’t respond defensively. He responded…