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Sunday school shuffle
Sunday school classes in Cameroon and the Central African Republic (CAR) are bursting at the seams. As many as 150 students turn up each week in the 500 congregations of…
Prayer Ventures
September 15
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…
Living Faithfully
Day of action for Central American refugees and migrants
On Sept. 13 we observe a Day of Action for Central American Refugees & Migrants. During a gathering at Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Washington, D.C., faith, community and…
Mission & Ministry
Gathered at the garden
It’s summer in Chicago, and the air is thick and balmy. In the Albany Park neighborhood, rows of lush, green plants—daikon, cucumbers, zucchini, carrots—bask in the heat. Hasta Bhattarai, who…
Lectionary Blog
Lectionary blog: It takes total trust
Lectionary blog for Sept. 18 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Amos 8:4-7; Psalm 113; 1 Timothy 2:1-7; Luke 16:1-13 As baseball season is winding down and the pennant races are heating…
Mission & Ministry
Global garden reminds refugees of home
Living Faithfully
ELCA members respond in faith to Louisiana flooding
On Aug. 12, Louisiana storms killed 13 people and brought the heaviest rainfall in the United States since Hurricane Sandy struck in 2012, killing 117. As a result of the…
Living Faithfully
The comfort of Hope
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Duluth, Minn., suffered a fire Feb. 18 that destroyed much of its furnishings, including the organ, piano, altar and stained-glass windows. The 110-year-old Gothic-style building and…
Prayer Ventures
September 6
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…
Living Faithfully
Assembly: Voting members adopt all resolutions
Voting 897-36, the assembly adopted en bloc 20 memorial responses. Memorials are proposals for action involving broad policy issues submitted by synod assemblies to the churchwide organization. Topics ranged from…
Living Faithfully
Assembly: Interfaith, global leaders bring greetings
Of the many visitors to bring greetings to the Churchwide Assembly, arguably the most poignant came from Rabbi David Sandmel, director of interfaith affairs for the Anti-Defamation League, and Sayyid…
Living Faithfully
Assembly: Welcoming the stranger
Amid an election season that has arguably been shaped in great part by immigration issues, the ELCA Churchwide Assembly made its voice known on the topic by approving (921-11) the…
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