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AMMPARO: A call to welcome
A man in flip-flops, dirty jeans and a worn T-shirt sat on a rickety chair in a migrant safe house in southern Mexico. His two teenagers stood beside him. Holding…
Living Faithfully
February 2017 news
Advocating for women’s health ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton (fourth from right) stands with Chilean health promoters and ELCA staff in front of a local mural exposing the realities of…
Voices of Faith
Grounded in grace
Ann was hard to love. The confirmation class outcast, she suffered with a whole host of behavioral disorders. She fluctuated between making precocious and endearing observations, and having an outburst…
Mission & Ministry
Seminary status check
For nearly 200 years, Lutheran seminaries in the United States have been educating pastors, missionaries and other church workers for service in congregations, social service agencies and other countries. Thousands…
Mission & Ministry
A new kind of pastor
As seminaries rework the ways they train new pastors, congregations may have to alter their “image” of a pastor. “We look at the world around us, and the church, as…
Voices of Faith
Her needs unseen
Being a compassionate person, you usually respond to the pleas of the needy around you with a generous heart. But are you and others somehow missing the obvious? Chances are,…
Living Faithfully
Refugees react to ban – voices from Dadaab
Editor’s note: This story was posted on the Huffington Post and the ELCA World Hunger blog. You can support the international work of Lutheran Disaster Response with a gift now…
Mission & Ministry
Inside the walls: faith unchained
The song is called “Chain Breaker” and its refrain is: “If you’ve got pain, He’s a pain taker. If you feel lost, He’s a way maker. If you need freedom…
Living Faithfully
ELCA presiding bishop addresses President Trump’s refugee executive order
CHICAGO (Jan. 30, 2017) – The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), has issued a pastoral message addressing President Trump’s executive order…
Theology & Beliefs
Reformation stories: Christmas tree decorations from Martin Luther’s seal
Editor’s note: Throughout 2017, we’re highlighting reader submissions of ways they’re observing the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Submit your story by sending 300 words or less, plus photos, to livinglutheran@elca.org,…
Mission & Ministry
Holistic healing
For most of the past two centuries, healing and faith were as intertwined as the serpent encircling the rod in the symbol for medicine. Jesus and his disciples healed not…
Living Faithfully
A ‘Youth Gathering’—for adults
Three years ago, when Stephen Zeller began his call as pastor at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Cole Camp, Mo., a member came to him interested in planning an event like…
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