ELCA leaders meet with Congress ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton joined more than 100 Lutheran leaders, ELCA members and international partners in Washington, D.C., March 27-29 for the 2017 ELCA…
Recently, I heard the Bach cantata O heilges Geist und Wasserbad. The cantata’s text is based on John 3:1-15, which was the Gospel lesson at the service where the cantata…
Recientemente escuché la cantata O heilges Geist und Wasserbad de Bach. El texto de la misma está basado en Juan 3:1-15, que fue la lección del Evangelio dada en el…
The idea that climate change is a political issue or a matter of debate makes no sense, said Thomas Richter, pastor of Shishmaref Lutheran, the only congregation in the Alaskan…
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton joined more than 100 Lutheran leaders, ELCA members and international partners in Washington, D.C., March 27-29 for the 2017 Advocacy Convening. The gathering, organized…
Shishmaref, Alaska, has taken center stage as its residents fight to preserve their way of life as changes in their environment and landscape attributed to climate change pose threats. “The…
Our living and our dying are great mysteries. Not long ago a young reporter contacted me wanting to talk about death. She had suddenly come to the realization that she…
Editor’s note: In observance of International Women’s Day, the Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), has issued the following pastoral letter. Dear…
A call to action on International Women’s Day On March 8, the ELCA will join people around the world in celebrating International Women’s Day. ELCA leaders are encouraging members to…
Missionaries have been part of our Christian faith since the resurrected Jesus gathered with his followers on a mountaintop in Galilee to give them the Great Commission. But the work…
Advocating for women’s health ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton (fourth from right) stands with Chilean health promoters and ELCA staff in front of a local mural exposing the realities of…
At the end of the sixth chapter of the Gospel according to John, many disciples who had been following Jesus left him. Looking at the 12, Jesus asked, “Will you…
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