On the fourth day of the 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering, Lutheran young people from across the country explored together what it means to be disruptive—to work for justice for all…
On day three of the 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering, Lutheran young people explored freedom—the freedom to be their full selves, loved by a God who created them just as they…
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has issued a message on political violence: “Just a few weeks ago in my June column for Living Lutheran I wrote, ‘I can’t think of…
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…
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…
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has released a statement condemning attacks on hospitals and medical infrastructure. “Hospitals in conflict zones must be protected,” the statement read, in part, citing “two…
In the moments just before she learned she had been elected bishop of the Rocky Mountain Synod, Meghan Johnston Aelabouni was sitting alone in prayer. Throughout the election process, she…
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…
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…
Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a message expressing her disappointment in the Supreme Court’s decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson, which clears the way for…
Timothy Oslovich already knows one of the defining traits that will guide his approach to serving as bishop. “My first priority will be to spend time listening to people in…
Bryan Penman sees the biggest challenge facing the ELCA as its greatest opportunity: offering a new, more resilient way of being church as congregations emerge from the post-pandemic era. “The…
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