A place of fresh hope
Hillary Doerries was in graduate school when she was diagnosed with clinical depression and found herself wandering into a support group that met once a week in a United Methodist…
Hillary Doerries was in graduate school when she was diagnosed with clinical depression and found herself wandering into a support group that met once a week in a United Methodist…
When COVID-19 first struck, many saw it as a crisis driven by such basic questions as how to get people vaccines, protective gear and food. But groups such as the…
I live in a town of 2,000 in southeastern South Dakota that is surrounded by farmland. It’s the first week in March as I write this. The surrounding fields are…
Across North America, church attendance has declined in the 35 years since the ELCA was formed by the merger of several Lutheran denominations. Churches of all stripes have suffered and…
As we near the end of April, we are speaking with Lutherans of Arab and Middle Eastern decent to amplify voices of our siblings in Christ and celebrate Arab and…
Located in the town of Marquette in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, UP Wild Church is among the newest ministries in the growing movement of “wild” outdoor worship communities. The church holds…
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…
The Conference of Bishops of the ELCA met Feb. 28–March 4 at the Eaglewood Resort in Itasca, Ill. The conference, an advisory body of the ELCA, comprises 65 synod bishops,…
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…
Covering the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol with homemade blankets and quilts wasn’t the recent effort of a national quilting organization. Instead they were part of the Homeless Memorial…
I have a photo of me as a baby, lying next to my brother on the couch as he reads to me from a magazine. My eyes are wide open…
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