Where do you find yourself this Christmas? Read Lutheran Media’s booklet ‘What is Christmas?’ to discover more about the challenges and joys of celebrating this season.

by Ruth Olsen

[Joseph] wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household heard about it (Genesis 45:2).

by Ruth Olsen

Many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he’, and will deceive many (Mark 13:6).

by Pastor Mark Gierus

Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge (Psalm 16:1).

by Pastor Mark Gierus

Now then, please let your servant remain here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers. How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery that would come on my father (Genesis 44:33,34).

Grants of up to $100,000 will be made available in 2025 to go towards the maintenance and restoration of old Lutheran churches and buildings of historical and practical significance to the LCA.