Prayer ventures: Aug. 14
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 14

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…

Down-to-earth leadership
Faith in Action

Down-to-earth leadership

Timothy Graham didn’t plan on becoming a bishop. “I knew my name would be lifted up, but I didn’t have any expectations,” said Graham, who serves as a pastor of…

Prayer ventures: Aug. 10
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 10

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…

From “shall” to “will”
From The Presiding Bishop

From “shall” to “will”

Recently the Louisiana Legislature passed a law mandating that all state-funded schools and universities prominently display the Ten Commandments in classrooms and cafeterias. Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah are considering…

Letters of love
Faith in Action

Letters of love

Focal verse “Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 1:3). Reflection On the second shelf of a large bookcase in my…

Three as one
Faith in Action

Three as one

Decades before “teams” were popular in the workplace, a highly unusual one comprising three co-pastors was going strong at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Olympia, Wash. Between 1977…

A second chance to experience the Gathering
Faith in Action

A second chance to experience the Gathering

This year the ELCA Youth Gathering hosted young adult Lutherans for the first time. The Young Adult Ministry, a network of young adult programs across the ELCA, was able to…

“An important time to be the church”
Faith in Action

“An important time to be the church”

For Nathan Pipho, who was elected June 7 as bishop of the New England Synod, the top three priorities for his synod are clear: “Telling the story of Jesus, building…

What God has in store for us
Faith in Action

What God has in store for us

Jen Nagel believes the church is at a turning point. “I have the sense that we’re at a time of change for the Lutheran church—for all of Christianity,” she said….