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 […]
Planting and Watering
by Dr. Scott Cormode Someday this pandemic will cease. Someday we will emerge from our sheltering in place. Someday our youth groups will meet again. What then? What do we […]
Navigating Through Change
by Kelly Sherman-Conroy “The only thing that is constant is change.” This is a quote from a Greek philosopher. I don’t think I need to quote a Greek philosopher for […]
Holding Loosely
by Todd Buegler “Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.” – Genesis 6:22 It wasn’t in Noah’s plans. The scriptures tell us that Noah was 600 years old […]
Failure is Always an Option: An Interview with Bishop Michael Rinehart
by Leigh Finke The lightbulb thing—that’s how my conversation with Bishop Michael Rinehart started and ended. Rinehart is bishop of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod, home to 105 ELCA congregations […]
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