Editor’s note: This reflection is part of a series by chaplains in the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU) about the ways in which God is at work on NECU campuses. Benedict Owusu and I met at…
This fall, I had the privilege of attending the ELCA Multicultural Young Adult Event in New Orleans. Organized by the churchwide organization’s Ministries of Diverse Cultures and Communities, the gathering…
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on the ELCA Worship Blog. Our faith is shaped by our prayer. For Arabic-speaking Christians in the ELCA and The Episcopal Church, worshiping in their…
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…
At the end of Lent, during the Easter Vigil, we were lighting the Easter fire on the patio in front of our church. The wood was piled into a metal…
Take a look at this collection of photographs from the 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly exhibition powwow, held July 29. The powwow was hosted by ELCA Indigenous Ministries and Tribal Relations…
Editor’s note: This reflection is part of a series by chaplains in the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU) on the ways in which God is at work on…
Elected June 7 as bishop of the Central States Synod, Donna Simon understands the importance of supporting lay leaders who do the challenging work of understanding and living out what…
As the daughter of an ELCA pastor, Eleanor Jerbi has spent a lot of time in churches. And as a neurodivergent person—Jerbi has dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia and attention deficit hyperactivity…
On the fifth day of the 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, Lucille “CeCee” Mills, assistant to the bishop in the North Carolina Synod, was elected secretary of the ELCA. She will be…
The 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly continued July 29 at the Phoenix Convention Center. Day two included the second and third plenary sessions and a morning prayer service at which Nelson…
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