Shishmaref is a fishing village in Alaska that is on an island only 3 miles long and a quarter-mile wide in the Chuckchi Sea, just north of the Bering Strait….
The statement below was released by the National Council of Churches, of which the ELCA is a member. Christ is Risen from the dead! Trampling down death by death, And upon…
Editor’s note: This story is a part of The Lutheran World Federation’s Her-stories global Lutheran storytelling project. If you have a story of how women have reformed the church or…
Marta, my daughter, recently installed a diagnostic device in her car that monitors driving habits. It beeps if she brakes too hard, suggesting a more gradual stop next time. At…
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fayetteville, Ark., was helping resettle its first five refugee families from Iraq, the Congo and El Salvador when the White House executive order banning refugees…
“I’m a Lutheran” is a monthly profile featuring ELCA members around the world. The profiles showcase ELCA members in all their diversity, connecting one another through individual faith stories as…
In honor of Earth Day on April 22, Living Lutheran is featuring a weekly series of blogs exploring different facets of caring for creation throughout the month of April. In…
U.S. joint Reformation observance held In observance of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the ELCA Conference of Bishops’ Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Committee and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’…
Jon B. Olson, pastor of Lutheran Campus Ministry at Minnesota State University, Moorhead. Tia Mathre-Adams, director of Lutheran Campus Ministry for San Antonio area colleges and universities. Becca Seely, director…
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton joined more than 100 Lutheran leaders, ELCA members and international partners in Washington, D.C., March 27-29 for the 2017 Advocacy Convening. The gathering, organized…
As she was on her way to her first worship service of the morning, Jess Felici, a pastor of Mountain Lutheran Parish, received a phone call from a member saying…
Shishmaref, Alaska, has taken center stage as its residents fight to preserve their way of life as changes in their environment and landscape attributed to climate change pose threats. “The…
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