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…
Use your imagination and don’t be afraid to cut. That’s my advice for Lutheran musicians looking to incorporate contemporary worship songs into traditional liturgies. Because these kinds of songs are…
If Father K—director Judd Ehrlich’s short film about Khader El-Yateem’s run for a seat on the New York City Council—were simply a political drama, then knowing whether he won or…
“Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God” (Luke 6:20). More than a year has passed since I arrived at my new call as associate…
Editor’s note: As Lutherans, grace is at the heart of our faith understanding. But what does it look like to actually live out grace? This is the final article in…
What it means to live in community differs from culture to culture. For Julie Gerrish, her understanding of community was totally transformed after a year of service in Senegal through…
Linda Anderson-Little was in a position familiar to many rostered ministers. She was moving from a previous call in St. Louis to Richardson, Texas, to pursue a new role there…
It began in 1619, 400 years ago, with a group of Danish explorers who got trapped in the Canadian arctic. Lutherans have been coming to North America ever since then,…
When one of Curt and Frieda Hahn’s sons, Erik, and his wife, Sunny, requested they relocate from Tempe, Ariz., to Durham, N.C., the couple couldn’t resist the pull of family,…
Editor’s note: Lutheran Disaster Response is working with Lutheran Social Services of Northern California and the Sierra Pacific Synod to respond to the destruction caused by the recent Camp Fire. Please consider donating to help deliver…
Editor’s note: This story continues “A rich and varied history” (January 2019). Lutherans have been known to go to great lengths to find a pastor for their congregations, but few of…
Two years ago, St. Matthew Lutheran Church was forced to confront questions about its future, the most critical being: will there be one at all? The congregation in Aurora, Colo.,…
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