Prayer ventures: April 13
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: April 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…

Prayer ventures: April 11
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: April 11

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…

My faith journey: A welcoming church for a transgender woman
Voices of Faith

My faith journey: A welcoming church for a transgender woman

I am a transgender woman. I’m also a person of faith—an active member of and leader in my ELCA congregation. I’m sure the Lord guided my journey toward becoming a…

Prayer ventures: March 11
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: March 11

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…

“Fully Lutheran and fully Native”
Voices of Faith

“Fully Lutheran and fully Native”

The first morning of the ELCA Indigenous Leaders Gathering began with a blessing. Some 40 attendees stood in a circle in the courtyard of St. Andrew Lutheran Church in San…

What is a thriving congregation? (Part two)
Faith in Action

What is a thriving congregation? (Part two)

Editor’s note: Part one explored how a grant awarded by Lilly Endowment Inc.’s Thriving Congregations Initiative has impacted St. Olaf College’s Nourishing Vocation Project.  In the Minneapolis Area Synod, which…

What is a thriving congregation? (Part one)
Faith in Action

What is a thriving congregation? (Part one)

Imagine measuring congregational vitality by how alive people and faith communities feel in their gathering and in their interactions with their neighbors, instead of determining success by counting the number…

ELCA receives Lilly Endowment support to adapt youth faith formation
Faith in Action

ELCA receives Lilly Endowment support to adapt youth faith formation

The ELCA has received a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish the Formation Lab Project. The goal of the project is to help congregations move past…