Stories about the ways in which the mission and ministries of the ELCA and its partner churches are lived out.
What does global mission look like in the 21st century? Rafael Malpica Padilla, executive director for ELCA Global Mission, sat down with Living Lutheran to explain. Living Lutheran: What is…
To get a sense of how zealous Tanzanian Lutherans are, you could start by worshiping with them. Not only is the average service two to three hours long, including multiple…
Build a wall. Welcome all. Deport 11 million immigrants living illegally in America. Create a path to citizenship for those who are undocumented. In the United States, presidential campaigns increase…
Five years ago this summer seven Lutherans who had never met face-to-face serendipitously walked into the constituting meeting for the Order of Lutheran Franciscans (OLF) unsure of whether the order…
The phone rang just as Eve, an ELCA seminary student, arrived home from a run. It was her weekend as chaplain-on-call for the hospice facility and a family had requested…
During this wedding season we’re often reminded that 40 to 50 percent of first marriages will fail because some couples prepared endlessly for their wedding day but weren’t ready for…
Jason DeRose has known he wanted to be a journalist since the sixth grade, so he was as surprised as anyone to find himself at the University of Chicago earning…
Angela Marzvizo was just a child when her father fell ill and her mother abandoned her. For comfort and companionship, she befriended nurses at nearby Mnene Hospital in the Mberengwa…
Every Wednesday evening, students share a meal and worship together at Agape House, the Lutheran-Episcopal campus ministry at San Diego State University. The meal is a long-standing tradition of fellowship,…
I drink coffee only on Thursdays. This is mainly because that’s the day I sit at a local coffee shop for a few hours with a little sign that says…
Nobuo Inoue’s home was fine after the first earthquake on April 14, 2016, in Kumamoto, Japan. However, the second, principal quake that hit during the early hours of April 16 made his house…
Helen Gallik Abelt moved to Sarasota, Fla., in 1959 with her second husband and two foster daughters. Not long after the move, her husband left the family. With no nearby…
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