“What Will It Look Like?” A Ministry Q and A
Ariel Otterstad, Associate PastorLiving Word Lutheran ChurchKaty, Texas Please tell us about your ministry context. I serve a large (for our Synod) congregation in a western suburb of Houston. We have […]
You Are Enough: Reentering Ministry After a Pandemic
by Elizabeth Hood It is difficult to even put into words the emotions and experiences of this past year, as we survived this pandemic and our rapidly changing world. As […]
Reentry into Children’s Ministry
by Ruth Sall It is time for reentry to church for families and children after the interruption of the pandemic. The experiences of the past year have marked all of […]
Mental Health First Aid: A Course You Might Not Know You Need
Statistics show that mental health has worsened significantly over the pandemic, with cases of depression and anxiety in youth and adults on the rise. In the context of church ministry, […]
You Gotta Cry Sometimes
by Joe Davis I sat in silence on the edge of my bed,with traffic jam thoughts piling inside of my head,nerves vibrating, tightening like a spider web thread, and I gently […]
A Note from the Editorial Team…
Grace and peace! We have all been living in this “in between” time for the last year. It isn’t what it was, and it’s not what it will be, and […]
Offering Support for Pandemic Grief
by Joy Hensel On the Road to Emmaus Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus about seven miles from Jerusalem and talking […]
Grief, Loss and Care Through a Pandemic
by Mark Jackson A few weeks into the pandemic, I received the call no youth leader wants to get: “One of our teens died in a car accident last night. […]
Hearing BIPOC Young People During Times of Crisis
An Interview with Rev. Priscilla Paris-Austin: Connect Journal: We’ve been living in a pandemic for over a year, accompanied by uprisings, protests, and heightened awareness of and actions against systemic […]
Hate Speech: Praying Against the Enemy in the Old Testament
by Dr. Michael Chan The Old Testament contains numerous poems in which people ask for help, protest their suffering and plead with God for intervention. Some of these poets even […]
