Elena Cedillo, Chad Rimmer and Phoebe Morad greeted each student as they joined the Zoom conference. The students, representing 10 countries and ranging in age from 21 to 70, had…
The 1619 Project has proved a hot topic since its introduction in August 2019. A collection of long-form journalistic essays by writers from the New York Times, the 1619 Project’s…
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…
Church cemeteries can be fertile fields for murky ownership and upkeep issues, but retired North Dakota attorney Murray Sagsveen is doing all he can to ensure that hallowed ground receives…
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…
At the turn of the 20th century, the role of women—in not only the church but also the world—looked very different from the way it does today. Most women stayed…
Michael Plekon served for 40 years as a minister in both the Western and Eastern churches, initially as an ELCA pastor and later as a priest in the Orthodox Church…
When Ingrid Rasmussen became a pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran nine years ago, the Minneapolis congregation had already invested in its future with a specific endowment fund through the ELCA…
The people of Christ the King Lutheran Church in West Chester, Ohio, are ministering to pollinators—butterflies, to be specific. When its youth group learned that butterflies, especially the iconic orange…
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…
Andrea Talentino never expected to find herself living in the Midwest. An educator with deep ties to, and a long history of serving at, East Coast institutions, she nevertheless felt…
From the desperation and darkness of a prison cell, Paul cast a laser beam of light that has shone for 20 centuries. “Make my joy complete,” the ebullient apostle encouraged…
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