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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…
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…
Faith in Action
Video: “Talks at the Desk” season two
ELCA African Descent Ministries celebrates Black History Month with season two of “Talks at the Desk,” a four-part video series exploring diverse expressions of the church. A new video will…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Jan. 29, 2023
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…
Faith in Action
Eaton offers statement on ordination of first female Palestinian pastor in Holy Land
Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, issued a statement Jan. 20, ahead of the ordination of Sally Azar on Jan. 22. “On Sunday the Evangelical Lutheran Church in…
Faith in Action
First Palestinian woman ordained as pastor in Holy Land
Sally Azar, a Council member of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) was ordained Jan. 22 as the first female Palestinian pastor in the Holy Land. The invitation to this historic…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Dec. 3
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…
Spiritual Resources
Study guide for “A fuller understanding”
We inhabit a religiously diversified world, with a variety of faith threads woven into the spiritual fabric. Since its founding, the ELCA has made strides in continuing the work of…
Faith in Action
Symposium brings focus to missing and murdered Indigenous women
Meeting under the theme “Am I My Sister’s Keeper? Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls,” the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) held its annual Vine Deloria Jr….
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Nov. 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…
Faith in Action
ELCA Church Council welcomes new vice president, 18 new members
The Church Council of the ELCA met at the Lutheran Center in Chicago, Nov. 10–Nov. 13. The council welcomed ELCA Vice President Imran Siddiqui and 18 new members, elected by…
Mission & Ministry
“Renovating and transforming”
When Carlos Heinz Eberle and Soraya Heinrich Eberle moved with their children to La Ceiba, Honduras, in January 2021, they already had a web of local connections. Called to be…
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