La liturgia es importante —no cada parte constitutiva— sino la estructura básica del culto corporativo: la reunión, la palabra, la cena, y el envío. Es una disciplina que los luteranos…
The good people at Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Living Well Center for Vocation and Purpose invited me to address the school on the topic “Lives Worth Living.” Yikes! This is one of…
La buena gente del Living Well Center for Vocation and Purpose [Centro del Buen Vivir para Vocación y Propósito] de la Universidad de Lenoir-Rhyne me invitó a hablarle al estudiantado…
God’s entire divine nature is wholly and entirely in all creatures, more deeply, more inwardly, more present than the creature is to itself (Martin Luther). I am formed by the…
La entera naturaleza divina de Dios se halla completa y enteramente en todas las criaturas, más profundamente, más interiormente, más presente que la criatura misma (Martín Lutero). Soy formada por…
Is “Lutheran spirituality” an oxymoron? When we consider Martin Luther and the early reformers, we think of great theologians, prolific writers and musicians. We are well aware of Luther’s earthy…
¿Es la “espiritualidad luterana” una contradicción en términos? Cuando consideramos a Martín Lutero y a los primeros reformadores, pensamos en grandes teólogos, escritores y músicos prolíferos. Conocemos bien el lenguaje…
What is to be done? Our congregations are growing older and smaller. At least 40 percent of our congregations have an average weekly worship attendance of 50 or less. ELCA…
¿Qué debemos hacer? Cada vez más hay menos gente en nuestras congregaciones, y las personas que quedan han ido envejeciendo. Por lo menos 40 por ciento de nuestras congregaciones registra…
Editor’s note: This is a reprint of the January 2017 column from the presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Ah, a new year! It opens up before…
Christmas comes at a descending time. The old year is coming to an end, the new year is not yet here. It is too late to accomplish goals set on…
La Navidad se acerca a su tiempo de descenso. El año viejo está por finalizar, el año nuevo no ha llegado aún. Ya es demasiado tarde para alcanzar las metas…
You have attempted to access a feature of this website that is only available to members of livinglutheran.org.
A free membership gives you a customized dashboard for curated content based on your interest, the ability to like and save articles, an optional subscription to a weekly email digest “LL Stories”, and more.
Already have an account? log in
If you are a subscriber to the LL Stories email digest from before the introduction of the new website in December 2025, your account is intact, but your password will need to be reset unless you have a login for another ELCA website.
If you have a login for another ELCA website like community.elca.org, directory.elca.org or others you can use the password associated with that login.
Logout