ELCA presiding bishop Elizabeth Eaton issues Labor Day message
Living Faithfully

ELCA presiding bishop Elizabeth Eaton issues Labor Day message

ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has issued a Labor Day message on the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic “has revealed the heroics and faithfulness of the many we now know…

Prayer ventures: Sept. 3
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Sept. 3

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…

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Voices of Faith

Holy discomfort

In the Gospel readings for September, Jesus describes the kingdom of heaven through parables and in conversations with his disciples. The kingdom of heaven is where perfect justice flows. It’s…

Prayer ventures: Aug. 30
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 30

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…

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Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 29

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…

The spirituality of natural burials
Spiritual Resources

The spirituality of natural burials

When their father died suddenly from pancreatic cancer in 1981, Rodger Ericson and his brother scrambled to make arrangements with an out-of-state funeral home. While the funeral came together quickly,…

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Voices of Faith

That’s a different story

What if we’re both wrong? There’s a long-standing difference of interpretation between Roman Catholics and Lutherans about what Jesus meant when he said to Simon, “You are Peter, and on…

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Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 26

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…

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Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 23

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…

Prayer ventures: Aug. 22
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 22

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…

Stewards of creation
Mission & Ministry

Stewards of creation

Brandon and Sarah Bowers run Bowers Farm in Pomaria, S.C., on land that has been in his family since 1938. Though it’s surrounded by a farming community, Bowers Farm stands…