As we commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Living Lutheran is exploring 500 of its unique aspects, concluding the series this month with 50 ways the Reformation still impacts pastors. This list is not meant as an all-encompassing…
Mary Helene Rasmussen Jackson has been researching and writing about Katharina von Bora’s life for more than 30 years. A four-part monologue about von Bora that Jackson continuously developed and…
“Our Lutheran Life” invites and encourages ELCA members to tell contemporary stories inspired by the Reformation about how the power of God’s grace plays out in the complexities of daily…
“Our Lutheran Life” invites and encourages ELCA members to tell contemporary stories inspired by the Reformation about how the power of God’s grace plays out in the complexities of daily…
A Shorewood, Wis., couple’s unique way of worshiping has served as a symbol to their community of how the Reformation transformed religion and continues to affect families. For the entirety…
On Jan. 21, 2017, Rafael Malpica Padilla, executive director of ELCA Global Mission, donned his clerical collar and set out to join the Women’s March in downtown Chicago. On the…
Our 2016-17 Faith Formation theme at Living Springs Lutheran Church, Columbia, SC was G.I.F.T or Growing In Faith Together using the bible verse from 2 Thessalonians 1:3b, “….because your faith…
Martin Luther was concerned about sin, death and the power of the devil. These forces manifested themselves in ways unique to his time and place. Luther’s genius was in recognizing…
This is the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. For the past year it has been “All Reformation All the Time!” Everything Martin Luther. The really observant have branched out to…
What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus? Christians of every age, including our own, have asked this question, and the answers have ranged all over the religious…
On Saturday, Aug. 19, 90 bicycle riders gathered at Silverdale Lutheran Church in Silverdale, Wash., for a 10-mile “Mini Martin,” a 30-mile “Brave Bavarian” or a 50-mile “Wittenburg Warrior” ride…
Earlier this year, three Spanish-speaking congregations in South Carolina took to heart Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton’s invitation to study the Small Catechism, thanks to the leadership of the Rev. Jorge…
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