I can’t just pray it away
Voices of Faith

I can’t just pray it away

The hardest words to say are “I’m sorry.” Admitting our mistakes requires humility, self-awareness and vulnerability. Read any online comment section or social media post and you’ll see how hard…
“Have you been fed?”
Living Faithfully

“Have you been fed?”

As she took the podium, Jill Rode, a pastor of St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church in St. Paul, Minn., looked out at a roomful of Asian Lutheran leaders of a…
Beyond diminishment to full personhood in Christ
Voices of Faith

Beyond diminishment to full personhood in Christ

Series editor’s note: Throughout 2024, “Deeper understandings” will feature teaching scholars of the ELCA reflecting on the many ways that Lutheran theology makes a difference for our daily lives. —Kristin Johnston Largen, president…
ELCA Foundation: Make a plan. Change the world.
Mission & Ministry

ELCA Foundation: Make a plan. Change the world.

Through its nationwide network of regional gift planners, the ELCA Foundation helps members make plans that achieve their unique financial goals. The Foundation also assists congregations and their leaders with…
I’m a Lutheran: Daniel Lloyd
Voices of Faith

I’m a Lutheran: Daniel Lloyd

St. Timothy Lutheran Church, Columbia Heights, Minn. Organist and pianist I started studying piano at the age of 6 and loved it. When I was 12, I heard the pipe organ…
A gathering table built to last
Living Faithfully

A gathering table built to last

A 134-year-old college and a similarly venerable nearby congregation learned through an ELCA initiative that their neighbors were thirsting for them to partner in fostering togetherness. That’s how Pacific Lutheran…
A conversation with Petra Limbong
Voices of Faith

A conversation with Petra Limbong

This month Living Lutheran is speaking with Lutherans who are and identify as Asian, Asian American and/or people of Pacific Island (AAPI) heritage. We are honored to share the stories of…