No matter where one’s views fall on the spectrum of thoughts about immigration issues, members of our Lutheran faith family should be extraordinarily disturbed by the massive displacement of individuals and families across the globe. Not only are countless lives tragically upended, and the health and welfare of adults, children,
1Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. 2Take words with you and return to the LORD; say to him, "Take away all guilt; accept that which is good, and we will offer the fruit of our lips. Daily Bible Verse
The Presbyterian Church in America Has an Abuse Crisis Too Women thought the PCA, with its robust system of governance, might provide some accountability. They found that was not the case. Love Where You Live: Evangelism in Disorienting Times …it would be a mistake to view the decline of cultural
At age sixteen, novelist Katherine Anne Porter entered the Roman Catholic Church because she thought she was in love. In reality, she just wanted to get out of her small hometown. Her marriage to John Henry Koontz did not last and the Catholicism did not stick until much later in
How Was I Supposed to Fulfill the Lord’s Calling to Me If He Wasn’t Even Going to Help? In 2019, I was called to serve a mission in Singapore, the island-country in Southeast Asia that borders Malaysia. I was to learn Malay, one of the official languages of the country.
What is a Methodist? By Thomas Lambrecht I have argued before that a consistent Methodist identity has been blurred and obscured in The United Methodist Church. What it means to be United Methodist varies from church to church and conference to conference. A wide latitude in what we believe, even
Congratulations to the five recipients of the ELCA Disability Ministries grants for 2023! We have invited each to offer a snapshot of the project their grant will be fun, ding. Thank you to all applicants! It is amazing to learn about all that is being done across our church for
7"Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God. 8Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me. Daily Bible Verse