Walking into the 2023 Rostered Ministers Gathering in the middle of a sweltering summer in Phoenix, Jealaine Marple wasn’t quite sure what to expect. “I was hemming and hawing about…
In this video, Judith Roberts, ELCA senior director for diversity, equity and inclusion, reflects on how the National Day of Racial Healing, launched by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, calls us…
In observance of the 2026 National Day of Racial Healing, the ELCA, in partnership with Augsburg Fortress Publishers, will host “Just Us Narratives: A Night of Centering Multiracial Voices Across…
Each month, Living Lutheran will share history and fun facts behind some hymns beloved by Lutherans. This month’s hymn is Come to the Table. Text and tune by Jennifer Baker-Trinity Copyright © 2011…
This special episode of ELCA Advocacy’s Here I Pod is a conversation between Amy E. Reumann, senior director of ELCA Witness in Society, and Laurie Larson Caesar, bishop of the…
Each month, Living Lutheran will share history and fun facts behind some hymns beloved by Lutherans. This month’s hymn is Go Tell It on the Mountain.
Editor’s note: This reflection is part of a series by chaplains in the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU) about the ways in which God is at work on NECU campuses. Benedict Owusu and I met at…
Each month, Living Lutheran will share history and fun facts behind some hymns beloved by Lutherans. This month’s hymn is Canticle of the Turning. “Canticle of the Turning” by Rory Cooney Copyright ©…
Lectionary blog for Nov. 30, 2025 First Sunday of Advent Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44 I hope you’re ready! Advent has rolled around once again. It is…
Lectionary blog for Nov. 23, 2025 Christ the King Sunday Jeremiah 23:1-6; Psalm 46; Colossians 1:11-20; Luke 23:33-43 Did you ever help elect someone to a position of responsibility, only…
Lectionary blog for Nov. 16, 2025 23rd Sunday after Pentecost Malachi 4:1-2a; Psalm 98; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19 My family recently celebrated my birthday. I was really looking forward…
Lectionary blog for Nov. 9, 2025 22nd Sunday after Pentecost Job 19:23-27a; Psalm 17:1-9; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17; Luke 20:27-38 Did you grow up with cartoons in which Wile E….
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