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Gather, the magazine of Women of the ELCA, offers a mix of articles, theological reflections, devotions and stories of comfort and challenge that help readers grow in faith and engage in ministry and action.
Dear subscribers,
Our printing vendor has informed us of a slight delay in mailing the Fall 2026 issue of Gather. Unexpected challenges related to the wildfires and extreme heat affected the printer’s equipment and production operations.
Subscribers will begin receiving the issue as early as August 10-15, but some may experience a slightly later delivery date. You can view the Fall issue on our website here. Learn more about creating login credentials to our digital issue here.
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December 2026: Advent devotional
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Summer 2026: “I am worthy,” video supplement 1
Watch the video. (June 2026) “I am created in God’s image. No matter what anyone else says.” We’ll begin with the story of God’s creation and the “very goodness” that is spoken over every human being. The study will then turn to various scripture texts that have been...
Mary and Martha and the right to rest: Sources
Giles Constable. Three Studies in Medieval Religious and Social Thought: The Interpretation of Mary and Martha. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Bernadette Escaffre. “Martha,” in Gospels: Narrative and History, ed. Mercedes Navarro Puerto and Marinella...
What are Christians to think about poverty and policy?
by Laura Alexander When Jesus says, “The poor you will always have with you” (John 12:8), he is, among other things, quoting from Deuteronomy 15: “Since there will never cease to be some in need on the earth, I [God] therefore command you, ‘Open your hand to the poor...
Behold, I am doing a new thing
It’s my fifth winter in Wichita, Kansas. Five years ago, before traveling 1,322 miles (about 20 hours by car and in a different time zone) away from my family and friends, I never saw myself standing in this space for my first call as a pastor. Back then, the world...
Seen. Heard. Welcomed.
Do you ever go to church hoping you have enough snacks and “stuff” to keep your child quiet and occupied throughout the worship service? Many of us are familiar with the stigmatizing saying that children “should be seen and not heard,” in places that often include...