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God gives everyone the right to rest.
By Laura Alexander The Gospel reading during a recent Sunday service was the story of Mary and Martha (Luke 10:38-42). As the reading ended, I whispered to my husband, “I like this story more every time I hear it. Jesus says women shouldn’t be running around cooking...
Advent 2026 devotional: Spanish version
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Advent 2026 playlist
(1) ADVENT - Hope 2026 - YouTube Advent Playlist - Hope - playlist by Kristina Diaz | Spotify Eleanor Rigby - song and lyrics by Cody Fry | Spotify Hasta la Raíz - song and lyrics by Natalia Lafourcade | Spotify Big Love, Small Moments - song and lyrics by JJ Heller |...
A new school offers hope for girls.
By Contance Mudore Waving leafy branches and whooping in excitement, a large group of women dressed in kangas (colorful traditional clothes from East Africa) greeted us. We had finally arrived at the village of Merya, in the Singida region of central Tanzania. Is this...
A place to belong: Creating spaces for youth mental health
By Cassidy Klein While at an ELCA gathering of young adults in New Orleans, John Christensen, the project officer for disabilities advocacy and mental health with the World Council of Churches, recalled a moment during a Bible study he once helped lead. That Bible...
I wanted to sit comfortably and safely.
By Carolyn Bolz Has anyone in your congregation ever done something for you that was so kind it brought tears to your eyes? That recently happened to me at the Lutheran congregation in Riverside, California, where I’m a member. I live with a physical disability, where...
I am worthy
By Elyssa Salinas-Lazarski When I heard the phrase “I am worthy,” I thought about how I use the concept of worth in my daily life. I go to the store, pick out a shirt and consider whether the price makes it worth buying. Looking at the clock, I consider whether an...
Planting seeds in their lives
By Venice Williams I hadn’t yet checked the ride-sharing app on my cellphone to see who had accepted my request for transportation. That is normally my practice. But that evening, I was tired, irritable and hungry. I simply wanted to leave a community culinary event...
When the music stopped
By Zarah van Dyk That Monday afternoon in my junior year felt like any other. I was majoring in music, and halfway through the second semester, still clinging to the dream I’d carried since childhood. Music had always been the plan—the only plan I’d ever really...
How we stand for her
Raising awareness, taking action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women By Christine Lafave Grace The statistics are startling: More than 4 in 5 American Indian and Native Alaskan women—a staggering 84.3 percent—have experienced violence in their lifetime,...