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Voices of Faith
A hero rises
The hero stands in a resolute pose, her bright hair swirling around her face. She calls her team to action as a flag flaps in the wind behind her. It’s…
Voices of Faith
It takes a village to raise a pastor
Editor’s note: This year the ELCA celebrates 50 years of Lutheran women’s ordination in the United States, 40 years of the ordination of Lutheran women of color, and 10 years…
Mission & Ministry
“Strength and resilience”
Erin Magoon, a junior at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., said that before May 2019, she knew little about the history of women’s ordination in the Lutheran church. Determined to…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: March 10
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer Ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…
Spiritual Resources
(Social) location, location, location
Series editor’s note: Throughout 2020, “Deeper understandings” will engage the ELCA’s commitment to authentic diversity. Surekha Nelavala will continue on this theme in the next issue. —Kathryn A. Kleinhans, dean…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: March 2
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer Ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…
Mission & Ministry
A 21st-century church
When you think about technology in the church, does projecting song lyrics onto a screen for worship come to mind? Or is it something bigger in scope—like a live Twitter…
Voices of Faith
Perspective: Lutheran roots and seeds of protest
Daniel Alexander Payne was born in 1811 in Charleston, S.C. His parents, London and Martha Payne, were free African Americans who both died before Daniel reached puberty. From a young…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Jan. 27
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer Ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…
Mission & Ministry
Living stones
When Tuhina Verma Rasche returned to the Aida refugee camp near Bethlehem in spring 2019, she was welcomed with open arms and a warm meal. During her first trip there…
Voices of Faith
Perspective: A weekend in California
Last fall, I was invited to participate in the ELCA Southwest California Synod’s first Latino Pastors Learning Day. While in California, I visited Nelson Rabell-González’s congregation in Lodi. What follows…
Faith in Action
ELCA presiding bishop responds to anti-Semitic incidents in New York
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has responded to recent acts of anti-Semitic violence in the New York City Metropolitan area. “Today is the last day of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of…
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