Embracing opportunity
Mission & Ministry

Embracing opportunity

Reyna Bergstrom wasn’t a pageant girl growing up. But in her freshman year at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., a family friend encouraged her to compete for the title of…
Prayer ventures: Aug. 23
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 23

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…
Prayer ventures: Aug. 19
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 19

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…
A collective witness
Mission & Ministry

A collective witness

ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton points to full communion agreements as a beacon of hope during uncertain times. This year the church celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Formula of…
Prayer ventures: Aug. 11
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 11

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…
“Embody the Word”
Living Faithfully

“Embody the Word”

The 2022 Churchwide Assembly will convene Aug. 8-12 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. The assembly, which is the primary decision-making body of the church, will gather…
Prayer ventures: Aug. 8
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 8

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…
Can we answer the question ‘why’?
From The Presiding Bishop

Can we answer the question ‘why’?

Once for continuing education I signed up for an introduction to philosophy course at the community college. I was a music education major in college and never had any philosophy…
Prayer ventures: Aug. 5
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 5

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…
In memoriam: Marlene Whiterabbit Helgemo, 1947-2022
Living Faithfully

In memoriam: Marlene Whiterabbit Helgemo, 1947-2022

Marlene Whiterabbit Helgemo, advocate, community leader and the first Native American woman ordained in the Lutheran church, died July 22. She was 75. Helgemo, a member of the Ho-Chunk Tribe…