Prayer ventures: Oct. 21
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Oct. 21

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…

Prayer ventures: Oct. 13
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Oct. 13

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…

Leading the way forward
Faith in Action

Leading the way forward

Across the ELCA, members and leaders believe one of the most important functions of the church is to serve as a valuable member of its community—a place where people can…

I’m a Lutheran: Richard Nesbit
Voices of Faith

I’m a Lutheran: Richard Nesbit

St. Luke Lutheran Church, New York City Founder, Let’s Send These Kids to School; digital art manager, Carolina Human Reinvestment I have been a member of St Luke Lutheran Church…

An educator’s calling fulfilled
Faith in Action

An educator’s calling fulfilled

Before Tracy Davidson’s father died in July 2008, he gave her one piece of advice: Get close to God. Fifteen years later, Davidson is serving a congregation and surrounding community…

ELCA Conference of Bishops elects Bishop Yehiel Curry as conference chair
Faith in Action

ELCA Conference of Bishops elects Bishop Yehiel Curry as conference chair

The Conference of Bishops of the ELCA met Sept. 26-30 at the Lutheran Center in Chicago. The conference, an advisory body of the ELCA, comprises 65 synod bishops, the presiding…

Church leadership for the future
Mission & Ministry

Church leadership for the future

Jay Peterson of the Lab House Band stopped himself mid-strum, holding his guitar as his bandmates changed instruments, to address the crowd. “Hey, Lab, how do you feel?” he asked…

Beating burnout
Faith in Action

Beating burnout

When Grace Lutheran in Clarion, Pa., undertook a major building project—adding two floors of offices and classrooms to the back of its church building—signs that the small congregation was struggling…

Study guide for “Beating burnout”
Spiritual Resources

Study guide for “Beating burnout”

Burnout is a big problem in our modern world as we always seem to be overbusy, overstressed, overscheduled and under-rested!nWhen burnout creeps in, it can rob us of the joy…

A meditation for the week ahead
Spiritual Resources

A meditation for the week ahead

ELCA pastors and leaders are sharing contemplative prompts for reflection and meditation. Today, Ismael Calderón, a pastor in the Florida-Bahamas Synod, shares his thoughts on Matthew 11:25-30: At that time…

Prayer ventures: Aug. 31
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 31

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…