Issue 95 of Administration Matters Created to Be “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well.” —Psalm 139:14 Last month the 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering in New Orleans brought together 14,235 youth participants, 292 young adult participants, 595 MYLE
Today’s Reading: Read II Chronicles 36:22-23; Ezra 1-3 Often people say that something they are waiting for is “worth the wait.” What is the longest you have ever waited for something? I love going to amusement parks. I do not love waiting in the long lines for rides! I love
Welcome to Sundays at All Hallows. You may have had the experience of a child coming home from school in tears because a classmate was spreading rumors about them and their other classmates were giving them the cold shoulder because of these rumors. Or perhaps you heard or read about
Allow me to clarify: in nearly twenty years of working for the Church—at the parish and diocesan levels and in an apostolate that has international reach—I have never seen a parish (or diocesan) pastoral plan produce the wide-spread transformative fruit its authors hoped for. I am not talking about capital
Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre was born to John and Emily (Chalmers) MacIntyre in Glasgow, Scotland, on January 12, 1929. He earned a BA in classics from Queen Mary College (University of London) in 1949 and began graduate work in philosophy at Manchester University the same year. He received an MA in
I have been doing a new, beautiful photographic calendar every year for six years now. I’ve covered the Holy Land twice and some of the sacred lands of the Book of Mormon. I’ve shown you many beautiful sites in Church History. So, why only feature a small, 100-acre farm in
“For what shall we pray?” is a weekly post inviting individuals, groups, and congregations to lift up our world in prayer. This resource is prepared by a variety of leaders in the ELCA and includes prayer prompts, upcoming events and observances, and prayer suggestions from existing denominational worship materials. You
Today’s Reading: Read Daniel 1-3 Let’s build something today! First, grab a sheet of paper and a pencil. Draw out exactly what you might want to build. Second, make a list of the steps you would need to take to build what you have drawn. What supplies do you need?