Articles that reflect and examine ELCA Lutheran theology, beliefs and history.
“Our Lutheran Life” invites and encourages ELCA members to tell contemporary stories inspired by the Reformation about how the power of God’s grace plays out in the complexities of daily…
In honor of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton delivered the sermon during an ecumenical prayer service Nov. 5 at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart…
I grew up in the Church of Christ, which is one of the more conservative offshoots of the American Restoration Movement. Like other restoration movements throughout church history, ours was…
What is it like to leave your homeland and come to a place where nobody speaks your language, and everyone looks different from you? They don’t share your customs. They…
“Here we are at the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. So what?” said ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton on Sunday, Oct. 29, at the Reformation Sunday worship service. She spent…
In commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is sponsoring the Reformation Sunday Worship service, held at Washington…
In commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, a service of common prayer will be held at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame,…
Although it is sometimes revealed in our midst, reformation is often hidden in a world weary, uncertain and afraid. In a certain way, the problem reformation poses wraps around our…
Reformation is more than a historic moment, a time and space fixed around the drama of the 16th century that resulted in a deeper division in a corrupted church and…
Although we concluded Living Lutheran’s Reformation 500 series—exploring 500 unique aspects of the Reformation—this month, we now share this bonus list of 30 more ways the Reformation still impacts church…
As we commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Living Lutheran is exploring 500 of its unique aspects, concluding the series this month with 50 ways the Reformation still impacts pastors. This list is not meant as an all-encompassing…
Mary Helene Rasmussen Jackson has been researching and writing about Katharina von Bora’s life for more than 30 years. A four-part monologue about von Bora that Jackson continuously developed and…
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