Series editor’s note: Most who write for “Deeper understandings” are full-time professors at our seminaries, colleges and universities. The majority of the church’s “resident theologians,” of course, are parish pastors…
Dave Belcher served in the Army for 17 years. He was a platoon sergeant and received a Bronze Star and a Combat Infantry Badge, but he came home with a…
A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the northern coast of Ecuador April 16, killing more than 240 people and injuring more than 2,500 people. According to Ecuador’s seismological institute, more than…
Everyday, 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…
I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly (John 10:10). Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia! The season of Easter is ushered in with flowers…
Lectionary blog for April 17, 2016 Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 9:36-43; Psalm 23; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30 I recently conducted the funeral for a woman in her 90s who…
Everyday, 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…
Stained glass: Richard R. Caemmerer Jr. Bishops discuss church’s future The ELCA Conference of Bishops discussed the denomination’s future directions and priorities in a new process known as “Called Forward…
Everyday, 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…
In response to the March 22 bombings in Brussels, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton offered the following: “This is Holy Week. It is the week when Christians meditate on…
Every day nearly 150 ELCA clergy are at work ministering to the women and men of the U.S. armed forces. “As chaplains we interact with our people in some powerful…
On a recent Thursday evening at Ebenezer Lutheran in Chicago, students sat at tables smiling, laughing, talking and enjoying a meal of pasta prepared by Michael Fick, pastor of the…
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