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Pastoral care
When an ELCA pastor or deacon is installed, the congregation promises to pray for, help and honor its leader and “in all things strive to live together in the peace…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: July 1
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: June 27
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…
Voices of Faith
The Feast Day of the Emanuel Nine
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on the ELCA Racial Justice blog. I had just started my car to drive to my internship site on June 18, 2015, when I learned from…
Mission & Ministry
Youth and mental health
Editor’s note: This piece originally ran on August 23, 2021. Susan Schnelle knows all too well the devastating toll of mental health crises among young people in the United States….
Spiritual Resources
Study guide: Pastoral care
Ministry has never been an easy calling. There are long hours, sufficient but not especially great pay, and the responsibility not only for the souls of a congregation but often…
Faith in Action
ELCA issues response to school shooting in Uvalde, Texas
The ELCA has issued a response following the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. “The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America grieves with the families of…
Voices of Faith
Where are the safe spaces?
“A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled, because they are no more” (Matthew 2:18). A grocery store….
Voices of Faith
God is here
“I just don’t understand why,” he said to me, shaking his head. “Why would someone drive so far to do this to us?” We were walking away from the scene…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: May 22
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…
Faith in Action
ELCA issues statement on Buffalo mass murders
The ELCA has issued a statement on the May 14 shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., in which a white supremacist gunman killed 10 people. “Our hearts grieve for those who have…
Spiritual Resources
Perspective: Hope amid stopping Asian hate
Editor’s note: This piece originally ran on May 25, 2021. Two older Asian women were stabbed recently in San Francisco. Shortly before that in the same city, an Asian man…
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