ELCA Foundation: Make a plan. Change the world.
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ELCA Foundation: Make a plan. Change the world.

Through its nationwide network of regional gift planners, the ELCA Foundation helps members make plans that achieve their unique financial goals. The Foundation also assists congregations and their leaders with…

Finding the divine in each day

Finding the divine in each day

Ále Suárez is a singer-songwriter, an expressive arts therapist and a recent Master of Divinity graduate of Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Suárez dreams of creating a safe space for the…

Sumud week 5: Things that make peace

Sumud week 5: Things that make peace

Week 5 of Following the Way of Jesus: A Lenten Holy Land Journey is “Things That Make Peace” with Sally Azar, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in…

Sumud week 4: A counter-cultural message

Sumud week 4: A counter-cultural message

Week 4 of Following the Way of Jesus: A Lenten Holy Land Journey is: “A Counter-cultural Message” with Ashraf Tannous, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Reformation, Beit Jala….

Sumud week 3: Belovedness in the wilderness

Sumud week 3: Belovedness in the wilderness

Week 3 of Following the Way of Jesus: A Lenten Holy Land Journey is: “Belovedness in the Wilderness” with Fursan Zu’mot, pastor of the Lutheran Church of Redeemer Arabic-speaking congregation…

Sumud week 2: Good news of great joy for all people

Sumud week 2: Good news of great joy for all people

Week 2 of Following the Way of Jesus: A Lenten Holy Land Journey is: “Good News of Great Joy For All People” with Imad Haddad, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran…

What is Sumud? Week 1

What is Sumud? Week 1

Following the Way of Jesus: a Lenten Holy Land Journey begins on the Sea of Galilee. The introduction video below will invite you into this 6-week series. Through this journey…

[Video] Deeper understandings preview
Voices of Faith

[Video] Deeper understandings preview

New “Deeper understandings” editor Kristin Johnston Largen previews the direction of the Living Lutheran department for the 2024, as well as her first entry in the series, publishing next week…