Among the white ministers of Montgomery, Ala., Robert Graetz was nearly alone in supporting the legendary 1955 bus boycott that would integrate the city’s public transit system. Now 92 and…
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions are offered as a guide for your own…
June 17 marks the fifth anniversary of the shooting at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., where nine people of African descent were killed by a white…
Why are we using more emojis—particularly, the “folded hands” or “prayer hands” emoji—during the COVID-19 pandemic?
An amazing thing happened in March. Churches were closed but more people came to church. Millions of us were complying with shelter-in-place and physical distancing recommendations from the Centers for…
Algo increíble sucedió en marzo. Las iglesias estaban cerradas, pero más gente acudió a la iglesia. Millones de nosotros estábamos cumpliendo con las recomendaciones de permanecer refugiados en nuestro lugar…
At times, the Pixar movie Onward plays like an animated adaptation of a lost story by J.R.R. Tolkien or C.S. Lewis. It follows elf brothers Ian (voiced by Tom Holland) and Barley…
The ELCA has reaffirmed its commitment to combating racism and white supremacy “following the recent murders of Black Americans,” the church’s Conference of Bishops said in a statement. The ELCA’s…
Grief drives us to ask for the impossible: for the world to stop for time to stop for answers to every single question for healing without pain for our loved…
In the introduction to his Devotional Classics (HarperCollins, 1993), Richard J. Foster wrote: “We today suffer from the unexamined notion that the more recent something is, the better, the more…
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