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Building our capacity to love
Focal verse I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know…
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ELCA presiding bishop, other faith leaders call for arms reduction agreement extension
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has been joined by 21 U.S. religious leaders in a Jan. 19 statement to President-elect Biden’s transition team calling for an extension of the New…
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Share the light
Focal verse “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.” —Matthew…
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“My life matters”
Editor’s note: As we reflect on one of the most tumultuous years in recent history, with movements that brought discussions of race and racism to the forefront, we offer a…
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Lutherans in the 117th Congress
Editor’s note: This post was first published on the ELCA Advocacy blog. With the final election results in Georgia resolved, the 117th Congress has begun. Members were sworn into office…
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ELCA presiding bishop joins NCC leaders in letter to vice president, Cabinet and Congress
Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, joined leaders from the National Council of Churches in an open letter to Vice President Mike Pence, members of Congress and the…
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Top five articles from 2020
As we wrapped up 2020, we took a look at some of our top stories from the year. Here are Living Lutheran‘s five most-read articles from the last 12 months. They’re worth a…
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Christmas trees of giving
Gary Heard’s previous congregation, Advent Lutheran in Manhattan, decided to try selling Christmas trees in the mid-1990s as a fundraiser to bolster the church budget. “We were struggling at the…
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Symbols of the season
Move over, inflatable yard Santa and giant, illuminated snowman! Here comes Jesus. That’s how retired pastor Luther Swicegood, a member of Mount Tabor Lutheran Church, West Columbia, S.C., talks about…
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Attuned to God’s call
Ina Goetzinger loves to knit. A maker of shawls for parishioners who are ill or hospitalized, she says a prayer for healing with every stitch. But her pastor, Edwin Weber,…
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Light of the world
A few years ago, we received an early Christmas gift—a musical snowman with a carrot nose and a trumpet snug in his hands. It’s a decorative piece that connects to…
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Expanding the idea of family
When many people picture the holidays, their family comes to mind, even if it’s accompanied by commentary about having to tolerate certain members’ irritating qualities. And then there is the…
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