Prayer ventures: Oct. 13
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Oct. 13

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…

I’m a Lutheran: Richard Nesbit
Voices of Faith

I’m a Lutheran: Richard Nesbit

St. Luke Lutheran Church, New York City Founder, Let’s Send These Kids to School; digital art manager, Carolina Human Reinvestment I have been a member of St Luke Lutheran Church…

An educator’s calling fulfilled
Faith in Action

An educator’s calling fulfilled

Before Tracy Davidson’s father died in July 2008, he gave her one piece of advice: Get close to God. Fifteen years later, Davidson is serving a congregation and surrounding community…

Being neighbors
Faith in Action

Being neighbors

Focal verse “Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them” (Matthew 18:20). Reflection Last Halloween our family joined friends to go trick-or-treating. In our…

Prayer ventures: Sept. 30
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Sept. 30

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…

Jeff Johnson elected bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod
Faith in Action

Jeff Johnson elected bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod

Jeff R. Johnson, Berkeley, Calif., was elected Sept. 17 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod. The election took place during the synod assembly, Sept….

Prayer ventures: Sept. 16
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Sept. 16

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…

“We need to listen to people who are hurting”
Faith in Action

“We need to listen to people who are hurting”

Editor’s note: In recognition of National Suicide Prevention Week (Sept. 10-16), Suicide Prevention Services co-founder Sherry Bryant spoke with Living Lutheran about how her son’s death put her on a…

Love and service
Faith in Action

Love and service

“Probably my greatest joy is to be able to combine my nursing career with my faith journey by sharing my expertise and experience in health care along with the hope…

Beating burnout
Faith in Action

Beating burnout

When Grace Lutheran in Clarion, Pa., undertook a major building project—adding two floors of offices and classrooms to the back of its church building—signs that the small congregation was struggling…