First call excitement
Voices of Faith

First call excitement

This summer, I started my call as pastor redeveloper of St. Philip Lutheran Church in Trenton, Mich. Even though I was officially starting my first call, I had already built…
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Spiritual Resources

In praise of repetition in worship

Editor’s note: Our June cover story, “Worship 101,” examined the “whats, whys and hows” of ELCA worship. We now continue the story as a monthly online series further exploring what Lutheran worship is, how…
The core issue: How we interpret the Bible
Voices of Faith

The core issue: How we interpret the Bible

Editor’s note: In this five–part series, former ELCA Presiding Bishop Herbert Chilstrom examines the authority and interpretation of the Bible. Part four explored biblical contextualization throughout church history. Whenever the church…
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Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 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…
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Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 11

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…
Learning Lutheran identity
Spiritual Resources

Learning Lutheran identity

What do you think of when you hear the phrase “Lutheran identity”? For many of us who were raised Lutheran, our sense of this identity may be linked with a…
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Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 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 life…
Our common witness
From The Presiding Bishop

Our common witness

One of the distinct privileges of this call as presiding bishop is seeing the church at work at home and around the world. The Lutheran movement is alive and well,…
Blessed are the peacemakers
Living Faithfully

Blessed are the peacemakers

Seven years ago, Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, located in the Beverly neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, was pondering how to revamp their vacation Bible school program to serve as more…
Meeting Jesus at the truck stop
Living Faithfully

Meeting Jesus at the truck stop

Before Matthew Best even set foot in St. Stephen Lutheran, New Kingstown, Pa., on his first day as pastor, he saw what would become an important mission for the congregation:…
Study guide: “God is present every day”
Study Guides

Study guide: “God is present every day”

Mystics, saints and other holy people throughout the ages have told us the plain truth: God is everywhere all the time. As we grow in faith and deeper relationship with…