The following is excerpted from the Church Newsroom. To read the full article, CLICK HERE. FamilySearch International, a global nonprofit and the world’s largest family history organization, launched RootsTech 2022 at the World Expo in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on March 3-5, 2022. Guests were invited from across the Middle East to
Ali Sheqer Pashkaj was a shopkeeper in Puke, a small town in the mountains of northern Albania, when the Germans invaded the country in 1943. Shortly thereafter, a German truck rolled into town carrying 19 Albanian prisoners, one of whom was a Jew the Nazis intended to kill: Yehoshua Baruchowic,
In today’s reading from his Letter to the Ephesians (Ephesians 4: 17-32) the apostle Paul warns the church at Ephesus and us about danger of letting our feelings control our thoughts and actions and causing us to say and do things that hurt others. Paul quotes the first half of
ELCA World Hunger’s 40 Days of Giving Lent 2022 In English and en Espanol Week 2: Wandering in the Wilderness “I must be on my way” (Luke 13:33). Read Genesis 15:1-12;17-18 Psalm 27 Philippians 3:17-4:1 Luke 12:31-35 Reflect As we saw in the reflection for Week 1, Lent is a
In the days following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine my family continued to take part in the usual plans and activities. We ate together, played games, read books, loved one another, talked with our neighbors. The kids went to school, I wrote and answered emails, and my husband planned our congregation’s
The book of Eicha, traditionally ascribed to the prophet Jeremiah, describes in horrific detail the siege and destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonian army in 586 BCE. It is customarily chanted in synagogues on the evening of Tisha B’Av, the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av. Normally, biblical
Pray for Ukraine Churches Before and After the Quarantine: Five Surprising MetricsHow have churches fared as they have returned to in-person services? COVID-19 Changed Everything…And That’s OkayOur lives are marked by a series of transformational moments. These moments separate history from the future. One moment life is one way and
All Hallows Evening Prayer is a service of worship in the evening for all pilgrims on the journey to the heavenly city. How have you been tempted in your life? How did it turn out? Do you still struggle with the same temptation? The Scripture reading for this Sunday is