First off, as the new Executive Director of Lutheran Chaplaincy Service (LCS), I would like to thank the Search Committee, the Executive Committee, the Board of Directors, the chaplains, our institutional partners and my administrative staff for the overwhelming support they have shown me since I came on board.  LCS is a remarkable organization not [...]

A search committee composed of members of the LCS Board is working diligently to choose a new Executive Director to lead this organization into the future. I am convinced that they will find an experienced and capable leader who will bring new energy and vision to the mission of LCS to being present for those [...]

The Rev. Mary Carson was elected to a second term as President of Lutheran Agencies Organized in Service. LAOS is an umbrella organization for six Lutheran organizations in northeastern Ohio that focuses on fundraising and communications with Lutheran congregations.

A core belief of Christians is that the spirit of a person cannot be separated from the body or the mind. Jesus took on human form in part to help us to understand this reality. More and more people engaged in the healing arts recognize that the spiritual life of a person cannot be separated [...]

A few months ago I learned about the website Gratefulness.org from one of our chaplains. He has posted their daily message, the Word of the Day, from time to time outside the hospital chapel where he serves. I now receive the Word of the Day myself and look forward to the word of encouragement it [...]

June 29, 2009, was a significant date in the 95-year history of Lutheran Chaplaincy Service. Our annual meeting was held that evening at Bethany Lutheran Church in Parma, but this was not just any annual meeting. This time we were asking our member congregations to agree to a major change in the governing structure for [...]