Fasting? Huh? Throughout the history of God’s people, fasting has been a common spiritual discipline. Fasting is giving up something good in order to pursue something better. Fasting can help us find open space and time for prayer.

by Pastor Stephen Abraham

Jesus submits to God’s will. It’s not always God’s will for you to win the lottery. It’s not always God’s will for your severed finger to miraculously grow back. It’s not always God’s will for your hardship to be magically resolved. If prayer worked like that, Jesus wouldn’t have gone to the cross.

by Ben Schubert

#youngSAVEDfree In this monthly column we hear from young people in our church about the ministries and mission they are part of – and how we in the LCA can… Read more

by Bishop Lester Priebbenow

Struggles in the church and the world around us cause us to say, ‘The church and the world really need our prayer’. In the divine service, we pray ‘for the church, the world and all people according to their needs’.

Our towns, suburbs, neighbourhoods and social clubs are golden fields of shimmering wheat. But where are the workers?

by Mark Hadley

It’s what scriptwriters call the story that tells itself. A motherless girl from a poor home dreams of becoming a world-famous jockey.