Gathering around the word
Faith in Action

Gathering around the word

Focal verse “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). Reflection As our children grow and become exposed to…

Prayer ventures: July 10
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 10

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…

Prayer ventures: July 8
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 8

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…

Prayer ventures: July 2
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 2

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…

Perspective: Have we been keeping Jesus’ greatest commandment?
Voices of Faith

Perspective: Have we been keeping Jesus’ greatest commandment?

When I was 12 years old, my father came home from a church council meeting a bit disheveled. The church members were torn, he told me, over allowing same-sex marriages…

Widening the welcome
Mission & Ministry

Widening the welcome

Often dealing with rejection and isolation before the pandemic, many LGBTQIA+ youth have had an even tougher time during COVID-19. In response, Lutheran rostered ministers and others have set up…

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Spiritual Resources

Highly recommended

Made, Known, Loved: Developing LGBTQ-inclusive Youth Ministry Ross Murray, an ELCA deacon, wrote Made, Known, Loved drawing from his experience as director of the Naming Project (see page 34). Murray…

How Lutheran Campus Ministry is called to support students’ mental health
Voices of Faith

How Lutheran Campus Ministry is called to support students’ mental health

Editor’s note: May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Read the ELCA’s social message “The Body of Christ and Mental Illness.” Religion and mental health treatment are often viewed as opposites. Some…

Prayer ventures: May 6
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: May 6

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…

Prayer ventures: April 20
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: April 20

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…