The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is in the final stages of launching a network for theological education and formation. The network, which aims to strengthen the study of theology, facilitate…
If the last few months have taught us anything, perhaps it’s that slowing down and enjoying the moment are good things. Or that simplicity is surprisingly refreshing compared to life’s…
Editor’s note: Beginning in March, people across the United States and around the world began to shelter in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But this didn’t stop the ministries…
When the preacher takes the pulpit during any given liturgy, what do they stand upon? This is the question Jon Meyer Ericson attempts to analyze and answer in his book…
In a June 18 pastoral letter, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton addressed the Supreme Court’s decision on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. “Today I rejoice in the…
Focal verse “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s…
Editor’s note: COVID-19 has uniquely impacted communities of color and their lives and ministries. In this series, we will feature ELCA Racial Justice reflections from each of the ELCA Ethnic…
Among the white ministers of Montgomery, Ala., Robert Graetz was nearly alone in supporting the legendary 1955 bus boycott that would integrate the city’s public transit system. Now 92 and…
Noah Hepler, pastor of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Atonement in Philadelphia, is the featured “hero” in the premiere of the new season of Netflix’s Queer Eye series. What did he…
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Atlanta Early childhood professional—preschool director and teacher I believe God is love abounding in depth and width far beyond the capacity of our human minds….
Editor’s note: This year the ELCA celebrates 50 years of Lutheran women’s ordination in the United States, 40 years of the ordination of Lutheran women of color, and 10 years…
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has issued a statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 15 ruling that employment discrimination on the basis of a worker’s sexual orientation or…
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