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…
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has released a pastoral message to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Lutheran Federation, the Hong Kong Christian Council and all those…
On Nov. 3, exactly one year before the 2020 national election, Christians from a wide range of theological and political views will kick off a year of activities for the…
When serving as a parish pastor, I would sometimes be asked if it was possible to be a faithful Christian and also doubt. Could one be a disciple and also…
“It feels like a mockery to me,” one woman said. I was leading a Bible study where the subject of the rosary had arisen. I was her pastor and knew…
On Oct. 14, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton delivered the opening worship sermon at the National Council of Churches’ (NCC) Christian Unity Gathering in Hampton, Va. NCC member churches, including…
Early in 1968, Johnny Cash carried out one of America’s most famous acts of prison ministry. In the cafeteria of Folsom State Prison in California, the country star played two…
As any parent of a 2-year-old can tell you, they can be unpredictable, squirmy, loud, messy and make even the thickest-skinned parents embarrassed to sit in worship. So how does…
Lectionary blog for Nov. 3, 2019 21st Sunday after Pentecost Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4; Psalm 119:137-144; 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12; Luke 19:1-10 As we celebrate Reformation Day this week, we think…
If someone is suffering on the perimeter, Jesus teaches us how to see them and bring them in. Parable after parable brings one healing, restorative action after another. The leper…
Author Torbjørn Greipsland has written or edited 18 books on topics ranging from emigration to Christian artists to the Norwegian royal family. For his latest, To the Ends of the…
Steve Thomason faced a massive blank canvas, his back to the congregation, and opened his arms wide, lifted his head and prayed. He was preparing to accept whatever God wanted…
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