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Faith in Action
Bound for New Orleans
As the summer wraps up and the youngsters prepare to head off to school, 980 voting members will be departing for New Orleans Aug. 8-13 for the 2016 Churchwide Assembly…
From The Presiding Bishop
A proclivity for paradox
A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject of all, subject to all (Martin Luther in…
Faith in Action
July 2016 news briefs
ELCA Credit Union opens The ELCA Federal Credit Union celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony June 6 at its headquarters in the Lutheran Center in Chicago. It is…
Voices of Faith
Five things that happen when you accept a new call
The pastors today who will stay at one call their entire ministry are rare. In fact, out of my graduating seminary class, only one of my close colleagues is still…
Voices of Faith
Deeper understandings
Series editor’s note: At the 2016 ELCA Churchwide Assembly in August, the global dimensions of our self-understanding as “church” will be a major focus. This article helps us go deeper…
Mission & Ministry
Treating the soul of an epidemic
In places of Washington, D.C., where tourists rarely visit, a quiet epidemic is raging. At least 3 percent of residents—more than 20,000 people—suffer from HIV and AIDS. According to The…
Prayer Ventures
July 2
Everyday, 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…
Mission & Ministry
Proclaiming God’s love: From Cambodia to Costa Rica
To get a sense of how zealous Tanzanian Lutherans are, you could start by worshiping with them. Not only is the average service two to three hours long, including multiple…
Spiritual Resources
Study guide: Proclaiming God’s love
The good news is that the Lutheran church is growing rapidly. The bad news is that it is only growing in Africa, in Asia and other corners of the world,…
From The Presiding Bishop
What it means to be Lutheran
Lutherans don’t often garner much media attention. In this country we don’t make up a big segment of the population. When groups of Lutherans began arriving on these shores in…
Prayer Ventures
June 28
Everyday, 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 Ventures
June 26
Everyday, 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…