Still loving what we cannot save
Voices of Faith

Still loving what we cannot save

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…
Songs of generosity
Spiritual Resources

Songs of generosity

Eric Krewson wrote most of his band’s new album while living in a 6-by-6-foot shack in the Cascade Mountains in fall 2019. The frontman and lead songwriter of the Philadelphia…
“Telling the truth is difficult”
Faith in Action

“Telling the truth is difficult”

When Jeff Crim learned that the McMinn County School Board in Tennessee had voted to remove the acclaimed graphic novel Maus from its eighth-grade curriculum, he was, in a word,…
Study guide: Contemplating the new year
Spiritual Resources

Study guide: Contemplating the new year

As many people with strong religious traditions, Lutherans are sometimes reluctant to change and try new ways of thinking about and practicing faith. But there is a groundswell movement of…
Prayer ventures: Feb. 3
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Feb. 3

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…
Calls for compassion in the films of 2021
Voices of Faith

Calls for compassion in the films of 2021

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…
Prayer ventures: Jan. 27
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Jan. 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…
Prayer ventures: Jan. 15
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Jan. 15

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…
Contemplating the new year
Spiritual Resources

Contemplating the new year

Two years into a global pandemic, the toll on human life and livelihood is undeniable, and the toll on mental, emotional and spiritual health is no less profound. Enormous shifts…
Study guide: The search for truth
Spiritual Resources

Study guide: The search for truth

Growing up is hard at any age, but today’s youth have it especially hard because of the pressures created by social media. A Pew Research Center survey found that nearly…
Prayer ventures: Dec. 21
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Dec. 21

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…
Hybrid church
Spiritual Resources

Hybrid church

The church’s digital reformation began the morning of Friday, March 13, 2020. Following the declaration of the pandemic as a national emergency, congregations across the country swiftly moved their worship…