Posts tagged Lutheran
VP Pick Walz A Lutheran With Connections To Minnesota’s Muslim Community

In her bid to be the nation’s first female president, Kamala Harris tapped Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday, thrusting the outspoken Minnesota Lutheran into the national spotlight. Walz, 60, brings political experience as well as suburban-and-rural appeal to the presidential race.

Read More
Churches Flourish In One of Sweden’s Bible Button Cities By Caring For Neighbors

Some free churches in Sweden may be showing the way toward growth: Engagement with young families, engagement with seniors, engagement with neighbors and the world. The Church of Sweden hasn’t completely given up on this kind of engagement either. 

Read More
A Quest For Lutefisk, Lutheran Churches And Garrison Keillor’s Upper Midwest

Lutefisk is a tradition I found out, but it’s reserved for the late fall and early winter celebrations. You cannot get it over July 4th weekend, sorry to say. Nevertheless, I pressed on to learn about the culture of lutefisk, Lutheranism and other elements of the faith-inflected Scandinavian ways of the upper Midwest.

Read More
Swedish Ecologist Revives Old Norse Myths And Rituals To Tackle Environmental Crises

Andreas Kornevall, a Swedish-British ecologist and educator, is devoted to bringing the wisdom of Old Norse myths and rituals to bear on contemporary life — particularly in relation to current environmental crises. Through storytelling, scholarship and ceremonies, Kornevall excavates the ecological ethic inherent in the pre-Christian spirituality of Northern Europe.

Read More
Latino Lutherans from 17 countries discuss caring for migrants

Representatives gathered in Colombia for the first inter-American Lutheran conference to share ideas and support in their mission to care for migrants, especially children in detention centers.

Read More