I'm an associate editor for The Lutheran. I also serve as editor of The Little Lutheran and its sister publication, The Little Christian. Both are intended to nurture the faith of people aged 6 and younger. Check it out, subscribe and let us know what you think. Amber Leberman (who art directs the children's magazines) and I are open to making changes based on your suggestions.

My favorite part of this calling is leaving my desk to visit other ELCA members who serve in congregations and church-related ministries. I enjoy hearing about their vocations, joys, challenges, and how Christ keeps them going.

I attend Holy Family Lutheran Church in Chicago, where my husband Leslie is a hard-working youth minister, and I help to lead a Bible study for children. We have two sons, ages 6 and 3, who love stories, music and the church—just like their parents.

• Turning the page
  Lutheran agency helps women read to children -- from prison
• At 6:33 p.m....
  One congregation knows what all of its members are doing
• Something to crow about
  Animal therapy results in prize-winning project
• Hospitality: It takes guts
  Are we up to the challenge?
• 'A lot to give'
  ELCA-affiliated Mosaic serves seniors with developmental disabilities
• Paying it forward
  This includes thanking God, say U.S. and Tanzanian Lutherans
• Disaster personal for ELCA leader
  When global disaster recovery is your job, what happens when tragedy hits home?
• Hearts for Haiti
  Generosity, grief and hope span the ELCA
• First step: Just show up
  Then ask this of social media: Why do it?
• Council cuts $7.7 million, churchwide staff
  Eases reinstatement process for some clergy
• 'No one person owns the ministry'
  Lutherans in Peru 'get' youth ministry
• CORE taking a discernment year
  Members may stay or leave, speakers say
• By leaps and bounds
  Future leaders learn healthy habits can begin at seminary
• Market downturn leads to pension changes
• They were 'cool'
  In Argentina, a Lutheran ministry creates community, with a 'loud' voice
• 'Grace Matters' canceled
  Part of $1.5 million churchwide cuts
• Toward church unity
  The state and future of ecumenism in the ELCA
• Going 'trayless'
  ELCA colleges embrace green trend
• Crisis affects ELCA schools
• Women 'come to the waters'
  Women of the ELCA triennial participants hear calls for bold action
• 'Growing seed' from The Little Lutheran
• Emergents: A sense of play
• Door openers
  Emerging churches renew Lutheran traditions & provide new entry points
• ELCA Church Council affirms malaria work
• Peace at last?
  In Uganda, Lutherans walk with war-torn people
• Draft of human sexuality social statement due in March
  Church in Society staff offer a primer on the document
• Why not child sponsorship?
  A Q&A with ELCA World Hunger Appeal director Kathryn Sime
• Where Lutheran heritage comes alive
  For youth, Lutheran Summer Music builds musical excellence, camaraderie
• Augsburg students 'step up'
  College housing and counseling support students in recovery
• A surprising new role
  David Swartling prepares for his work as ELCA secretary
• Churchwide Assembly to elect officers
  Range of concerns to come before voting members
• Taking the weekend 'off'
  Camp Onomia offers military families a free July 4th break
• Campus ministry supported her after Virginia Tech shootings
• 'We're your daughters'
  Winnipeg consultation educates Lutherans about commercial sexual exploitation
• Tips for praying with young children
• ELCA college forms Luther House of Study
• ELCA sees rise in number of ministry candidates
• A Q&A with the LWF's Sheila Shyamprasad
• Pentecost calling
  Nebraska congregation has an odd beginning, but is off to a good start
• It's about Scripture
  Reform-minded groups argue authority
• What's in a name?
  Branding leaves its mark on ELCA social service providers
• LWF membership rose to 66.2 million in 2005
• LIRS and ELCA bishops protest House immigration bill
• Council: Synod resolution conflicts with policy
• Laureate: All of us can do something
  Nobel Peace Prize Forum connects environment with peace
• Grand Canyon bishop resigns over sexual misconduct
• To prevent famine, Kenyan Lutherans seek help
• 'We let them know they have power'
  Lutheran-supported ministry boosts health of women in Chile
• One year after the tsunami
  ELCA partners see results and much work ahead
• Future leaders: Kimberly Vaughn, 37

• Timeline announced for churchwide restructuring
• LCMS President-elect calls ELCA relations 'complex'
• ELCA Church Council trims churchwide budget by $4.2 million
• ELCA-affiliated Dana College shuts down
• Southeast Michigan bishop resigns
• How much of health is our guts?
• You go, girl!
• Healthy travel
• No eggs, no oil, no sugar... how could it be any good?
• How clean is our air?
• Retirees, employees sue Augsburg Fortress over pensions
• Salmon, anyone?
• Diet transplant
• Celebrating 35
• Happy spring!
• Woman killed at Calvary Lutheran, Federal Way, Wash.
• Dana College sold; will become for-profit
• Thrivent matching Haiti gifts, $1 for every $2
• Haiti: prayer with news
• In the aftershock, Haiti donations roll in
• Wartburg Seminary student's status unconfirmed after Haiti quake
• Pacifica Synod faces budget cuts
• Southeastern Synod may cut grants, staff
• A hole in the roof
• Alaska: Lutheran Social Services to help homeless people
• The Economist comments on ELCA, CORE
• Civility, for Sept. 11
• Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer: the first martyr recognized by United Methodists
• Church names: Protestants have more leeway
• Sermon-pinching
• At Croatian cafe, youth don't pay up. They "pray up."
• Some top 2007 religion stories reflect reader picks for '08
• Would you text in church?
• This week, can you live on $1 a meal?
• J.K. Rowling believes in God
• Remembering the fourth commandment
• A sermon about true peace
• The ELCA partners with ... Angelina Jolie
• Grandpa saved by a Blue Angel
• Northeastern Ohio Synod elects new bishop
• Luther knew something about difficult drop-offs
• Evangelism shouldn't put them to sleep
• ELCA, others work against HIV and AIDS
• Gardens offer scratch 'n sniff Bible experience
• California Lutheran University president shares his hopes for the campus
• NBC & VeggieTales: Should we throw tomatoes?
• Lutherans are partly responsible for a shift in refugee resettlement
• What was pruned from the story: a gardener's lessons for life
• Bethel Lutheran, Noblesville, Ind., has nearly doubled in size
• Farmers overheard at a truck-stop

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