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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,…
Living Faithfully
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…
Living Faithfully
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…
Living Faithfully
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…
Living Faithfully
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…
Living Faithfully
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. …
Living Faithfully
“We need each other”
In 2018, three small congregations within a 10-mile radius of downtown Oklahoma City—Ascension, St. Mark and Redeemer—were struggling financially to maintain their buildings and meet associated expenses. After Brian Campbell…
Mission & Ministry
Truth and healing
As part of the church’s efforts toward reconciliation with Native Americans, an ELCA truth-seeking and truth-telling initiative has been organized around Lutheran involvement in Indian boarding schools in the United…
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