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Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Nov. 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…
From The Presiding Bishop
Healthful words of life
In September I had the beautiful privilege of preaching at a combined meeting of the Conference of Bishops and the inaugural gathering of the 2022-23 Fund for Leaders class. It…
From The Presiding Bishop
A common witness
One of the distinct privileges of this call as presiding bishop is seeing the church at work at home and around the world. The Lutheran movement is alive and well,…
Faith in Action
Church closures yield growth
We recognize the wisdom of Ecclesiastes when it comes to the life cycles of all living beings. As individuals, we know our lives will end someday. But it’s often more…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Oct. 12
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…
Voices of Faith
Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on the ELCA Racial Justice blog. It is my prayer that each of you had a wonderful Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and that as you looked around…
Mission & Ministry
Accompaniment in Cairo
Cairo is probably best known as the home of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the World. Less well-known is that this Egyptian city…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Oct. 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…
Faith in Action
ELCA launches resources to support ministries in a multi-religious world
Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a letter announcing the release of two new ELCA interreligious resource guides. “In baptism, we are called ‘to proclaim the good…
Faith in Action
BeeVangelists
Unsurprisingly, the expertise Lisa Bates-Froiland brought to her role as pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Milwaukee didn’t include an extensive background in beekeeping. “None,” said Bates-Froiland, who’s been with…
Faith in Action
Faith on the sidelines
Focal verse “Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing” (1 Thessalonians 5:11). Reflection Saturday mornings in our family have become cheerleading days. My…
Faith in Action
Elected this year to lead
As assemblies wrapped up in June, four synods elected new bishops while five reelected bishops. This summer also saw three new presidents taking leadership of ELCA-related institutions of higher education. …
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