Stories, reflections and perspectives from diverse range of voices across the ELCA.
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle Beverly Cleary Endowed Professor in Children and Youth Services and chair of the library and information science program at the University of Washington, Seattle; co-founder…
Revealing a life with mental illness requires either a lot of trust or a lot of exhaustion, or a combination of both. The symptoms and experiences of my own life…
Once, after a 4 a.m. wake-up with my son, I asked him why he had risen so early. He lifted his arms up, looked at me and sighed, “The sun…
The only time I tried to hurt my brother—who was older, stronger and didn’t try to hurt me back because it would have been too easy—was in high school when…
Reformation Evangelical Lutheran Church, Orlando, Fla. Parish deacon at Reformation and volunteer manager at Cornerstone Hospice in Orange County I was baptized as an infant, confirmed and married at Reformation….
It wasn’t easy for peasant fishermen in first-century Palestine to make a living. To begin with, they didn’t enjoy free access to the Sea of Galilee because the Roman Empire…
February is African American History Month. As this important time of the year approaches, I’m mindful of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” one of my favorite hymns. I remember learning…
For the first 30 minutes of Mass, nothing much happens. Sitting in the nondescript basement of a Midwestern church, two couples—Jay and Gail (Jason Isaacs and Martha Plimpton) and Richard…
Series editor’s note: 2022 marks the 500th anniversary of the publication of Martin Luther’s translation of the New Testament from Greek into the language of the common German people. This…
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Feb. 22, 2018. Starting early in the Epiphany season and stretching long into summer Sundays, the lectionary leads us through the apostle…
St. Stephen Lutheran Church, Silver Spring, Md. Senior associate director of admissions; coordinator for multicultural admission; intercollegiate athletics liaison; assistant track-and-field coach; and adviser, campus hip-hop dance group at Gettysburg…
But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you (Luke 6:27-28)….
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
