This year my partner, Kelly, and I started serving as ELCA global missionaries in Central Europe. As part of our orientation, we’re taking Hungarian language classes to better communicate with…
As I write this the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is preparing to gather in Kraków, Poland, for its 13th assembly. Delegates, observers, guests and staff from the 149 member churches…
One of the ELCA’s best-kept secrets has been a successful program for 20 years. Since 2002 the ELCA’s coaching ministry has been an influential and effective tool for personal, relational…
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…
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…
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…
Every Tuesday in August, ELCA pastors and leaders are sharing contemplative prompts for reflection and meditation. Today Andrew “Drew” Tucker, executive director of HopeWood Outdoors in Westerville, Ohio, shares his…
On Sept. 10 the ELCA will celebrate the 10th anniversary of “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday, an annual day of service in which congregations come together to lend a hand,…
Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in…
The African Descent Lutheran Association may have dispersed from its assembly, but the memories and mission lives on. This year’s assembly, held July 7-9 in Atlanta, focused on the theme…
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The gift of God’s son is for the world, not just our church buildings. The Future Church vision focuses on the world experiencing the difference God’s grace and love in…
Growing up as the son of a U.S. Air Force chaplain in Rice Lake, Wis., Peter Muschinske grew accustomed to people telling him, “You’re going to be a pastor like…
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