A call to community engagement
Mission & Ministry

A call to community engagement

Students at Midland University in Fremont, Neb., are learning the value of serving their community during MOVE week. MOVE, which stands for Midland Outreach & Volunteer Engagement, connects the campus…

A call to be trusted messengers in this election season
From The Presiding Bishop, Mission & Ministry

A call to be trusted messengers in this election season

Editor’s note: Yehiel Curry, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued his fourth entry in “All together in one place,” a series of monthly messages. Each message shares a pastoral word, rooted…

What do the “Four Freedoms” have to do with Lutherans?
Theology & Beliefs

What do the “Four Freedoms” have to do with Lutherans?

Editor’s note: Throughout the summer, Living Lutheran is commemorating the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence with articles reflecting on the church’s role in civic life…

<i>The Journal of Lutheran Ethics Podcast</i>: Christian nationalism
Living Faithfully

The Journal of Lutheran Ethics Podcast: Christian nationalism

In the latest episode of Ethics Spotlight: The Podcast of the Journal of Lutheran Ethics, host Matthew Best and Journal of Lutheran Ethics Book Review Editor William Rodriguez talk with…

Patricia Davenport, first African American female bishop in ELCA, dies at 70
Voices of Faith

Patricia Davenport, first African American female bishop in ELCA, dies at 70

Patricia Ann Curtis Davenport, the first African American woman to be elected a bishop in the ELCA, died Wednesday, July 29. She was 70 years old. Davenport served the Southeastern…

I’m a Lutheran: Jillian Stierwalt
Voices of Faith

I’m a Lutheran: Jillian Stierwalt

St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Portsmouth, Va. Personal care assistant St. Andrew was my mom’s first call as pastor. She’s been there for 10 years! The church has changed and grown…

Choosing reconciliation over division in a multifaith America
From The Presiding Bishop, Mission & Ministry

Choosing reconciliation over division in a multifaith America

Editor’s note: Yehiel Curry, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued his third entry in “All Together in One Place,” a series of monthly messages. Each message shares a pastoral word,…

Playing the right tune
Living Faithfully

Playing the right tune

Editor’s note: Throughout the summer, Living Lutheran is commemorating the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence with articles reflecting on the church’s role in civic life…

Treasures old and new
Lectionary Blog

Treasures old and new

Lectionary for July 26,2026 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost 1 Kings 3:5-12; Psalm 119:129-136; Romans 8:26-39; Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 My wife and I lived in Morocco for several years. Around the…

Good government is daily bread
Theology & Beliefs

Good government is daily bread

Editor’s note: Throughout the summer, Living Lutheran is commemorating the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence with articles reflecting on the church’s role in civic life and…

Who is God calling into leadership today?
Voices of Faith

Who is God calling into leadership today?

This time last year, I had a remarkable dinner with seven extraordinary people of faith. The setting fit the celebratory occasion: a restaurant with wood-paneled walls that were decorated with…

Lutherans and the bicentennial
Theology & Beliefs

Lutherans and the bicentennial

Editor’s note: Throughout the summer, Living Lutheran is commemorating the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence with articles reflecting on the church’s role in civic life…