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A calling to public health and clarity

WEBA member of Edina (Minn.) Community Lutheran Church, Osterholm serves on the board of regents for Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. During the height of the …

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URL: https://www.livinglutheran.org/2024/05/a-calling-to-public-health-and-clarity/

Perspective: What Scripture reveals about health care for all

WEBJesus “heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds” (Psalm 147:3). Scripture makes clear that God’s will is for each of us, and the entire planet, to have …

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Mental health and the church

WEBThe prayers that we offer up over our mental health, our depression, our anxiety, the other illnesses that besiege our minds and spirits are as hopeful and as …

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How Lutheran Campus Ministry is called to support …

WEBAccording to the American College Health Association, 32% of students received treatment from a professional for a mental health condition in spring …

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Purpose and public health

WEBShe has earned advanced degrees in public health and communications. But nothing helped Beversdorf articulate her life’s calling like her postretirement volunteer …

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Holistic healing

WEBAt St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran in Southport, N.C., parish nurse Vicki Carlson added four nurses—two retired and two working full time elsewhere—to the …

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What chronic illness taught me about grace

WEBStephanie Harper Stephanie Harper received her Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Fairfield University. Her debut poetry collection, Sermon Series, was …

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Study guide: The spiritual discipline of rest

WEBOurs is a 24/7, go-go world, where the one who hesitates is lost and the one who dies with the most toys wins. We’re working so hard, and it’s depleting our physical, …

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“We need to listen to people who are hurting”

WEBEditor’s note: In recognition of National Suicide Prevention Week (Sept. 10-16), Suicide Prevention Services co-founder Sherry Bryant spoke with Living Lutheran …

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Mental health and the church

WEBAn excerpt from Pastor Emmy Kegler's book. May 6, 2024. This article is excerpted from All Who Are Weary: Easing the Burden on the Walk With Mental Illness …

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Dignity and grace in the face of mental illness

WEBThe Lutheran message of forgiveness and grace is uniquely positioned to help meet mental health needs, said Mary Heller, a mental health therapist for 50 years …

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Health ministry strengthens faith

WEBSandra developed the classes based on Revelation Wellness, a non-profit ministry dedicated to educating and inspiring people to live healthy and whole lives in …

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Religion—good for our health and well-being

WEBReligion—good for our health and well-being. By Megan Brandsrud June 3, 2016. Dale and Tori Saunders struggled for years to get pregnant before the birth of …

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A healing and strengthening Lent

WEBMay your leadership and communication, your planning and your environment—in whatever context they might exist—heal and strengthen you, and those …

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Perspective: Addressing dehumanization

WEBAs the ELCA and as individual Lutherans, we are quick to speak, advocate and minister when we see dehumanization in its various forms—racism, socio-economic …

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Catalysts for justice and grace

WEBThe synod worked with Lutheran Volunteer Corps to bring on an environmental justice organizer, Grace Corbin, in 2017. And, through grants from InFaith …

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Lent blog series: As goes Jesus, so goes light – John 9:1-41

WEBJohn 9 tells the story of Jesus healing a man “blind from birth.” No accident in life caused the blindness, no disease—he had been blind from the womb, unable to …

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That we might have life

WEBEditor’s note: COVID-19 has uniquely impacted communities of color and their lives and ministries.In this series, we will feature ELCA Racial Justice reflections …

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