I’m a Lutheran: Dixie Downes
Voices of Faith

I’m a Lutheran: Dixie Downes

Luther Memorial Church, Chicago. Executive secretary, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, retired I am a member of Luther Memorial Church, Chicago. I started attending services in 1957 when I and…
Take a sip
Voices of Faith

Take a sip

About a decade ago the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. introduced a digital advertising campaign known as “The AHH Effect,” focusing on this global brand and the response drinkers should have when…
Prayer ventures: March 1
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: March 1

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,…
“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…
Perspective: “Where are you from?”
Voices of Faith

Perspective: “Where are you from?”

It is no secret that being Black in the United States can be difficult. What is unknown, however, is how being a Black American on the African continent can be…
A shared sense of global Lutheran identity
Mission & Ministry

A shared sense of global Lutheran identity

Last summer, Melissa Gómez-Yepes saw the Milky Way for the first time. Gómez-Yepes is from Medellín, Colombia, where she works as an evangelism coordinator in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of…