Religion—good for our health and well-being
Spiritual Resources

Religion—good for our health and well-being

Religion’s necessity and relevance is up for grabs more than ever with the religiously unaffiliated (“nones”) now the second largest religious demographic in North America. According to National Geographic, U.S….

Study guide: 10-year-old wears tie and spirit of welcome
Spiritual Resources

Study guide: 10-year-old wears tie and spirit of welcome

Grown-ups certainly can learn a lot when a 10-year-old boy serves as the congregation’s greeter-in-chief and biggest cheerleader. To discuss the article “10-year-old wears a tie and spirit of welcome,”…

I’m a Lutheran: Rick Steves
Voices of Faith

I’m a Lutheran: Rick Steves

“I’m a Lutheran” is a monthly profile featuring ELCA members around the world. The profiles showcase ELCA members in all their diversity, connecting one another through individual faith stories as…

10-year-old wears tie and spirit of welcome
Faith in Action

10-year-old wears tie and spirit of welcome

Zachary Fetter looks like your average 10-year-old: he bowls, sings in his elementary school chorus, is interested in model railroads and trolleys, and his buddies call him by a cool…

From persecution to witness
From The Presiding Bishop

From persecution to witness

For many months now people have been asking for some kind of statement about the persecution of Christians around the world. It seems to be a straight-forward issue. Christians are…

May 31
Prayer Ventures

May 31

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…

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Prayer Ventures

May 29

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…

A hands-on approach to evangelism
Faith in Action

A hands-on approach to evangelism

Frances Blatchley remembers as a child pretending she was a nurse. “It was all I ever wanted to be from the time I was little,” she said. “My poor mother…

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Spiritual Resources

Deeper understandings

Series editor’s note: To gain deeper understandings about Christian vocation, I turned to the deans of our ELCA seminaries for theological and personal reflections on their callings. All were able…