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Pastoral care
When an ELCA pastor or deacon is installed, the congregation promises to pray for, help and honor its leader and “in all things strive to live together in the peace…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: June 27
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…
Faith in Action
Lead by listening
A half-dozen years ago, the members of Good Shepherd Lutheran in Wilmington, Del., asked themselves: “If our congregation were gone tomorrow, who would miss it?” “We could not think of…
Faith in Action
ELCA presiding bishop issues pastoral message on Roe v. Wade ruling
Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a pastoral message on the Supreme Court’s ruling regarding Roe v. Wade. “Whatever personal perspective one might take on the…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: June 18
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
Prayer ventures: June 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…
Faith in Action
ELCA, LIRS issue joint World Refugee Day statement
Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, and Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) have issued a joint statement for World Refugee Day…
Faith in Action
A ministry sprung to life
COVID-19 has meant many changes for many people: online school and worship, families balancing work with child care and, in too many instances, saying goodbye to loved ones. For one…
Faith in Action
Bishop Eaton participates in Emanuel Nine commemoration event
Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, will join faith and government leaders on June 17 to mark the seventh anniversary of the racially motivated shootings at Mother Emanuel African…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: June 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…
Voices of Faith
Expanding our capacity to listen
Naomi Mbise knows what it’s like to move between places, spaces and cultures. Mbise grew up in Tanzania but now finds herself on the campus of California Lutheran University, Thousand…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: June 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…