Kids can do anything
Posted: March 29, 2016By Sue Sprang GLADWIN – Sometimes it takes the straightforward, no-nonsense approach of children to get things done. There are two basic steps: (1) decide what to do and (2) […]
Read more →Crossing bridges, Part 1
Posted: March 1, 2016By Sue Sprang PLAINWELL – One meaning of the idiom building bridges is “overcoming obstacles that are preventing two people from meeting”. It’s about reaching out, making connections, filling gaps. […]
Read more →Troubled waters – and a challenge
Posted: February 1, 2016By Sue Sprang SYNOD – “The October 2015 storm will go down as one of the most prolific rainfall events in the modern history of the United States,” said the […]
Read more →Taking steps against hunger
Posted: November 2, 2015By Sue Sprang BRIDGEPORT – St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Bridgeport recently stepped up to raise awareness and funds for combatting hunger. On Sept. 27, over 40 people – coming […]
Read more →‘God’s Work, Our Hands’ revisited
Posted:By Sue Sprang EAST LANSING – With “God’s Work, Our Hands” (GWOH) Sunday (Sept. 13) well under our belts, we’ve had time to reflect on what we chose to do […]
Read more →A Bold Collaboration, part 2
Posted: October 18, 2015By Sue Sprang EAST LANSING – The first installment of this article focused on the God’s Work, Our Hands (GWOH) collaboration between University Lutheran Church (ULC) and the Islam Society […]
Read more →A bold collaboration
Posted: October 5, 2015By Sue Sprang EAST LANSING – At a time in when intolerance seems to be the norm, it’s refreshing to come across an example that dispels that notion. In this […]
Read more →Speed for need
Posted: August 30, 2015By Sue Sprang AUBURN – Two “Mitten Synod” pastors “revved it up” on July 24 as they participated in the annual Faster Pastor race at the Tri-City Motor Speedway in […]
Read more →Food backpacks help kids learn
Posted: August 17, 2015By Sue Sprang GLADWIN/BEAVERTON – First it was a mobile food pantry, beginning in 2012 and feeding over 200 families once or twice a month. Then came “Backpack Buddies,” a […]
Read more →The task of transformation
Posted: July 26, 2015By Sue Sprang PORTAGE/KALAMAZOO – There are congregations where mission seems to be the norm – and Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Portage is one of them. One of […]
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