Editor’s note: Synod communicators were asked to share a highlight from their assemblies. What made a difference to participants? What was the most important part of the assembly? Responses from…
Everyone may march to their own beat, but one ELCA congregation is fostering an exquisite togetherness through the ancient, spiritual and meditative practice of the drum circle. “Music can create…
The ELCA Outreach Center in Kenosha, Wis., has worked with individuals and families since 1997, providing job search assistance, personal care programs, youth camps and more. One client’s need led…
Mark Erson’s complex and innovative ministry can best be understood by a single photo he took in Edinburgh, Scotland, during a visit to the city’s famed artistic Festival Fringe. It’s…
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer Ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…
Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has commended to the church the Arusha Call to Discipleship from the World Council of Churches. In this invitation, Eaton joined with Michael…
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has convened ecumenical and inter-religious partners for a joint statement addressing concerns over the well-being of children who cross the U.S. border seeking safety from…
The 2019 ELCA Advocacy Convening was held April 29–May 1 in Washington, D.C., gathering bishops and community leaders around the theme “Prepared to Care: Our Advocacy in Light of Disasters…
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has released a letter addressing states recently passing or considering legislation to restrict access to legal abortion. “Talking about abortion has never been easy in this…
People fleeing for their lives, surrounded by walls of flame. The fury of Mother Nature tearing through everything in its path. Those who have managed to get out safely wondering…
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has released a statement addressing the recent deaths of children in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Customs and Border Protection. “Children…
Antje Jackelén, archbishop of the Church of Sweden, met with ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton and churchwide organization staff on May 2 at the Lutheran Center in Chicago. The group…
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