Devlyn Brooks is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and serves Faith Lutheran Church in ...

Even amid the echoes of their squealing, chirping, cries and protests, and the reactive sighs of the ‘noise police,’ comes a ...

With about 10 minutes until worship, I sit in the front pew, close my eyes and recite the ... off this fellowship just to start the service. Amen.

The experience was amplified by another little boy one pew behind who stood ... My child once delighted in shouting “Amen, alleluia!” like a TV evangelist one second after silence descended ...

“We’re not going to let our house burning down keep us from coming here,” Kevin Anderson said from the front pew at a recent Bible ... In Jesus’ name. Amen.” On Thursday, the ...