Series editor’s note: In 2025, “Deeper understandings” is focusing on the ELCA social statements. We hope to reintroduce them to readers as a means of provoking fruitful, enriching conversation between Christians…
Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a statement on yesterday’s Israeli military strike on Holy Family Church in Gaza City, which killed three people and injured…
At Messiah Lutheran Church in Ashtabula, Ohio, where I grew up, there was a drinking fountain. It was old. It was ordinary. It barely worked. But just after midnight on…
Editor’s note: This reflection is part of a series by chaplains and campus ministry directors in the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU) on the ways in which God is…
Even in the days of GPS, I still sometimes get lost. I miss the cue from my phone’s directional app; I look for a sign that isn’t there. Suddenly, I’ve…
Sitting in her office on the top floor of the Lutheran Center in Chicago, Sue Rothmeyer, a deacon and the secretary of the ELCA, looks out the big windows at…
In 2022 the ELCA Churchwide Assembly directed the formation of the Commission for a Renewed Lutheran Church (CRLC), a diverse body of leaders who would examine the church’s governing structure,…
Elected May 31 as bishop of the Montana Synod, Benjamin Quanbeck calls for putting the needs of congregational leadership and communities first and enabling them to do effective ministry in…
When the 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly convenes on July 28, part of the body’s business will be to consider memorials passed by synod assemblies. Memorials are one way the ELCA addresses…
Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a statement on the U.S. Congress’ passing of a budget package that she said “will have a monumental impact on…
Changes to the ELCA social statement “Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust” that update language in light of changes in U.S. law regarding marriage will be brought to the 2025 Churchwide…
Elected on May 31 as the first woman bishop of the North Carolina Synod, Emily Hartner sees countless opportunities for the expressions of the ELCA to share their gifts with…
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