Live from Omaha, Neb., it’s Sunday worship from Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church! Since 1962, this congregation has broadcast its Sunday service on cable TV. “Just go to any nursing home…
The Forgotten Luther II (Fortress Press, 2019) is no ivory tower compendium of sordid quotes and cherry-picked works but a helpful distillation, a corrective for those who feel that our…
The ELCA has arranged preferred-vendor agreements with a few select companies that can enhance operating efficiency, leadership effectiveness, congregational vitality and financial sustainability. Special pricing accompanies each agreement. Through the…
Peace Lutheran Church in Seattle is using technology to assist in what is one of the most traditional rites of passage in ELCA congregations—baptism. As part of Peace’s 75th anniversary…
I was convinced that new digital tools such as smartphone tablets were having negative effects on our ability to relate meaningfully to one another. Then I got sick. Really sick….
Every story tells us how the storyteller perceives the world. Stories are how we describe the world as we think it is, as we fear it is, as we want…
Read part one. Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood (written and directed by Quentin Tarantino) At first glance, Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood feels like classic Tarantino,…
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…
Terrence Malick’s new drama A Hidden Life tells the true story of Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian farmer who, called up to fight in World War II, refused on religious grounds…
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has responded to recent acts of anti-Semitic violence in the New York City Metropolitan area. “Today is the last day of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of…
One Sunday evening a month, Alex Mrakovich takes a break from the hustle and bustle of life to relax in a candlelit, music-filled space where he puts aside his worries….
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