The body and the soul in <i>The Whale</i>
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The body and the soul in The Whale

This review contains spoilers. So many conflicts in modern Christendom and the world at large revolve around the human body and our conduct toward it that one might reasonably look…

Study guide for “Quakes, fear and joy”
Spiritual Resources

Study guide for “Quakes, fear and joy”

As much as we try to create a life path that is smooth and steady, accidents occur, problems crop up, disease ravages, natural disasters strike, and on and on. It…

Prayer ventures: March 5
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: March 5

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…

<i>Ant-Man</i> and God’s great love for the small ones
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Ant-Man and God’s great love for the small ones

Ant-Man doesn’t sweat the small stuff. Even when he’s trapped in a prison cell in the mysterious other world known as the Quantum Realm, staring down his purple-and-green-suited captor, Kang…

Burghardt visits Lutheran Center on U.S. trip
Faith in Action

Burghardt visits Lutheran Center on U.S. trip

Anne Burghardt, general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), visited the United States during the first week of February. Her trip began Feb. 1 at the Lutheran Center in…

Prayer ventures: Feb. 27
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Feb. 27

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…

ELCA presiding bishop issues pastoral message in support of Jewish neighbors
Faith in Action

ELCA presiding bishop issues pastoral message in support of Jewish neighbors

Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a pastoral message in support of our Jewish neighbors. “For many months we have seen an alarming spike in anti-Jewish,…

Prayer ventures: Feb. 24
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Feb. 24

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…

A day to remember
Voices of Faith

A day to remember

Ash Wednesday is a poignant day for many rostered ministers. We trace the assurance of death on faces we love: old faces wrinkled with stories, newborn faces with eyes too…

Prayer ventures: Feb. 21
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Feb. 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 as together…