Inspiring Moments from 2025

As 2025 comes to a close, we’ve gathered Living Lutheran articles that lift up powerful stories of faith. Over the past year, we gathered in Phoenix, Ariz., for the 2025 Churchwide Assembly, said farewell to former Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton and welcomed our new presiding bishop, Yehiel Curry.

We heard stories from innovative rural ministries and thriving campus ministries, listened to Lutheran voices of all ages and backgrounds, and so much more.

Living Lutheran also launched a new, updated website this year. If you haven’t already, we invite you to sign up for a free membership, which includes:

A customized dashboard for curated content based on your interests.
The ability to like and save articles.
An optional subscription to our weekly email digest, “LL Stories.”

We encourage you to save this article and revisit it over the next few weeks, remembering the power of community, grace and our participation in God’s work.

In no particular order, here are some of the stories that inspired us this year, plus links to previous roundups so you can explore even more good news: