The number of topics that can divide a community seemingly grows with every passing year. Some say everything started with the 2016 election, though the divisions were apparent with birth…
Many years ago, Linda Jacobson changed a tire on a rural road near Arusha, Tanzania. She wasn’t strong enough to turn the lug nuts, but she figured out what to…
Series editor’s note: Throughout 2021, “Deeper understandings” will continue to engage the ELCA’s commitment to authentic diversity. —Kathryn A. Kleinhans, dean of Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital University, Columbus, Ohio…
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…
Editor’s update: Brenda Bos was installed as bishop of the Southwest California Synod Sept. 12, 2021, at Angelica Lutheran Church in Los Angeles. Many bishops have had interesting and varied career…
When I was 12 years old, my father came home from a church council meeting a bit disheveled. The church members were torn, he told me, over allowing same-sex marriages…
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Council elected Estonian theologian Anne Burghardt June 19 as the next general secretary of the global communion of Lutheran churches. Burghardt currently serves as head…
Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued the following pastoral message in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the case Fulton v. The City of…
Often dealing with rejection and isolation before the pandemic, many LGBTQIA+ youth have had an even tougher time during COVID-19. In response, Lutheran rostered ministers and others have set up…
Editor’s note: As part of her studies at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., Chavaleh Forgey established an LGBTQIA+ reconciliation ministry at Christ Lutheran Church, Visalia, Calif. With the encouragement of…
Made, Known, Loved: Developing LGBTQ-inclusive Youth Ministry Ross Murray, an ELCA deacon, wrote Made, Known, Loved drawing from his experience as director of the Naming Project (see page 34). Murray…
For many, Memorial Day weekend signifies the start of summer. But the holiday’s true meaning often gets lost in the three-day weekend of backyard barbecues, beach parties and sales. Memorial…
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