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Theology & Beliefs
ELCA 20/20
As we begin calendar year 2020, I’m reminded that “20/20” is also the term we use to describe clarity of vision. How can the ELCA see Jesus more clearly in…
Voices of Faith
Perspective: A weekend in California
Last fall, I was invited to participate in the ELCA Southwest California Synod’s first Latino Pastors Learning Day. While in California, I visited Nelson Rabell-González’s congregation in Lodi. What follows…
Mission & Ministry
Courageous, resilient, faithful
Aiming to help its congregations evolve and thrive through enhanced emotional intelligence and self-awareness, the Rocky Mountain Synod in September 2019 launched a program for rostered ministers and laypeople alike…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Jan. 14
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…
Faith in Action
ELCA presiding bishop issues letter on the United Methodist Church
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has issued a pastoral letter on news about the United Methodist Church, a full-communion partner of the ELCA. “Last week, in a flurry of misleading headlines,…
Faith in Action
For the sake of the neighborhood
Dave Greenlund has a reputation in Lauderdale, Minn., a little town surrounded by Minneapolis, St. Paul, Roseville and Falcon Heights. He didn’t think he would get a reputation. He just…
Lectionary Blog
Lectionary blog: Servant songs
Lectionary blog for Jan. 12, 2020 First Sunday after Epiphany Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 3:13-17 Have you ever had one of those conversations in which you are…
Spiritual Resources
Study guide: “A very rare treasure, indeed”
Where would we be without friends? Where would you be without them? Through our deep personal connections we grow as people and experience the love of God. What’s been your…
Faith in Action
Dinner is served
Editor’s note: Every Christmas, many ELCA congregations share the spirit of the holiday by hosting and serving community Christmas dinners. The stories below were submitted by congregations that have long-standing…
Faith in Action
The search for baby Jesus
And the Word became flesh and lived among us … (John 1:14) When I took my church job in 2002, I was tasked with organizing the annual Christmas Eve family…
Faith in Action
Wooden toys & Christmas joy
Handcrafting trains, doll cradles, vehicles, jewelry boxes, pull toys and more is the faithful work of the Happy Joes, a carpentry ministry started by men from Mount Morris Holden Lutheran…
Mission & Ministry
I’m a Lutheran: Debra J. Bonde
Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Livonia, Mich. Founder and director of Seedlings Braille Books for Children I founded Seedlings Braille Books for Children 35 years ago because I heard that braille books…
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