ELCA Disability Ministries: Mental Health Awareness Month
Posted: May 2, 2025May is Mental Health Awareness Month! ELCA Disability Ministries shares some helpful links to help raise awareness and break the stigma around mental health.
Read more →Being Church: Women Clergy: Shout Out!
Posted: September 16, 2020By Sue Sprang SYNOD – In this final installment of the series observing the 50th anniversary of the ordination of women in the Lutheran Church, some of our synod’s pastors share […]
Read more →Bonhoeffer, Jesus, and an Island
Posted: March 9, 2020By Sue Sprang This is one of the two hardest articles I can remember having to write. The first was when, as a newspaper reporter, I covered my first story […]
Read more →Learning Humility as Interfaith Travelers
Posted: April 23, 2018By Rev. Bob Linstrom In an article published in the Grand Rapids Press, Rev. Bob Linstrom reflects on being a part of an interfaith partnership in Grand Rapids and recent interfaith pilgrimage to Israel. […]
Read more →Called by fire
Posted: September 24, 2017By Sue Sprang GLADWIN COUNTY – What if I were tell you that three out of four ECLA clergy are volunteer fire fighters? Well, at least that’s true for Gladwin […]
Read more →Change and the Gift of Thanksgiving
Posted: December 4, 2016By Sue Sprang “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin Never fear. This […]
Read more →Why Won’t Our Church Grow?
Posted: April 26, 2016By Paul Brown Download the full article
Read more →Grace Gathering Registration
Posted: January 26, 2016Early bird registration for the 2016 Grace Gathering ends in just two weeks, on Jan. 31, so reserve your spot today! The Grace Gathering will be held in partnership with the […]
Read more →The joy of community
Posted: October 26, 2015By Sue Sprang SYNOD – One of the nice things about the theological event for professional church leaders in which our synod participates every fall, is that it’s an opportunity […]
Read more →Buster, Hoss, Rowdy, and Fritz
Posted: October 18, 2015By Sue Sprang MACKINAC ISLAND – While on Mackinac Island for an event for church leaders and spouses, I sometimes caught an island taxi (horse and carriage). I enjoyed talking […]
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