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Voices of Faith
Know that you are free
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on the ELCA Racial Justice blog. Let’s take a trip back to high school history class: The history of enslaved people on what would…
Living Faithfully
The truth will set you free
Editor’s note: ELCA Racial Justice Ministries offers a variety of free resources that are available for digital download on the ELCA website. The next webinar in this series, “Freedom of…
Voices of Faith, Living Faithfully
Commemorating the Emanuel Nine
The following appears in the 2022 African Descent Ministries Annual Report to remember the nine members of Emanuel American Methodist Church in Charleston, South Carolina on June 17, 2015. The…
Lectionary Blog
Do you really want it?
Lectionary for June 14, 2026 Third Sunday after Pentecost Exodus 19:2-8a; Psalm 100; Romans 5:1-8; Matthew 9:35–10:8 My job is to help college students integrate their faith-driven values into their…
Voices of Faith
Shared experiences
Editor’s note: This the final installment of a three-part series of Lutherans reflecting on their families’ experience of Japanese American incarceration. When Stacy D. Kitahata, an ELCA member and third-generation…
Lectionary Blog
Little fires and contextualized words of Pentecost!
Lectionary for May 24, 2026 Day of Pentecost Acts 2:1-21; Numbers 11:24-30; Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13; John 20:19-23 Since I don’t serve a congregation, I rarely put on…
Voices of Faith
What freedom requires
Editor’s note: In this second installment of a three-part Living Lutheran series, Deanna Kim Bassett, an ELCA pastor, reflects on her family’s experience of Japanese American incarceration—and what those stories…
Voices of Faith
Wanda Frenchman wants you to rethink worship
In downtown Phoenix, where glass high-rises and new developments have replaced what was once a low-income corridor, a different kind of congregation gathers. This congregation is shaped less by brick…
Voices of Faith
They called it “camp”
Editor’s note: In this first installment of a three-part Living Lutheran series, Gail Kiyomura reflects on her family’s experience of Japanese American incarceration. In 1941, shortly after Gail Kiyomura’s…
Study Guides, Theology & Beliefs
A declaration of war…and peace
On Feb. 28, the United States, in coordination with Israel, launched a bombing campaign against Iran, kicking off a series of debates about the justification for war. Secretary of Defense…
Lectionary Blog
On martyrdom and violence
Lectionary for May 3, 2026 Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 7:55-60; Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16; 1 Peter 2:2-10; John 14:1-14 In the New Testament, Jesus’ followers kill exactly zero people. Christians…
Voices of Faith
Welcome others fully
As a Palestinian Christian and ELCA pastor, Khader Khalilia occupies a singular and deeply personal role within the life of the church. Born and raised in Bethlehem, Khalilia maintains close…
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