Prayer ventures: Jan. 2
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Jan. 2

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…

Symbols of the season
Living Faithfully

Symbols of the season

Move over, inflatable yard Santa and giant, illuminated snowman! Here comes Jesus. That’s how retired pastor Luther Swicegood, a member of Mount Tabor Lutheran Church, West Columbia, S.C., talks about…

Hunger and holidays
Living Faithfully

Hunger and holidays

The COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to many alarming statistics this year—among them are reports showing food insecurity in the United States at an all-time high, with 1 in 8 households…

ELCA Future Church design affirmed by ELCA Church Council
Living Faithfully

ELCA Future Church design affirmed by ELCA Church Council

The Church Council of the ELCA has affirmed the proposed Future Church design that is focused on a renewed purpose to activate the entire church so that more people may…

Prayer ventures: Nov. 16
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Nov. 16

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…

Repair the world
Mission & Ministry

Repair the world

Woolly alpacas graze peacefully in a field. Bhutanese refugee farmers till the soil and harvest the crops. Youth practice yoga. Single parents attend free child care classes. Family mission teams…

Prayer ventures: Oct. 31
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Oct. 31

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…

Cheryl Pero, ELCA theologian, advocate and educator, dies
Living Faithfully

Cheryl Pero, ELCA theologian, advocate and educator, dies

As the church approaches All Saints Day, the ELCA mourns another storied member of our family joining the communion of saints. Cheryl Stewart Pero, a theologian, writer, advocate and educator,…