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Summer 2025: “Healthy Relationships” by the Rev. Brooke Petersen
(June) Session One: Relationships that form us: All in the family Some of our most beloved Bible stories involve siblings and the trials and tribulations of relationships within families. We’ll examine the stories of Jacob and Esau, as well as Mary and Martha, while...
Holding to God’s promise
When my husband, Joe, and I moved into our first house In May 2014, we spied squash vines growing along a wooden fence next to our driveway. Being new homeowners—and not exactly avid gardeners—we decided to let the vines grow and see what would result. That June, to...
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Tell us: How do you help others identify and use their spiritual gifts?
Does your Women of the ELCA unit or congregation help people (youth too!) identify – and use – their spiritual gifts? Have you recently discovered your spiritual gifts and found a way to use them in your congregation and community? If so, we would love to hear from...
War impacts a Lutheran-run hospital in the Holy Land
The war in Gaza had been going on for six months. It was the week before Easter, and the third week of Ramadan. The Old City of Jerusalem, normally packed with pilgrims, seemed deserted. “Look around you; this is not like Easter,” Bishop Sani Ibrahim Azar of the...
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