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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…
Spiritual Resources
Study guide—15 years later: 9/11 remembered
Sept. 11, 2001, dawned as an incredibly beautiful late-summer day in the Northeast—sunny, dazzlingly blue skies, mild temperatures, low humidity. But what happened in New York, Washington, D.C., and western…
Prayer Ventures
August 30
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
ELCA sends prayers, support for relief efforts in Italy
On Aug. 23, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit central Italy, killing more than 260 people. A series of aftershocks hit the area recently, causing more damage. Through Lutheran Disaster Response,…
Prayer Ventures
August 23
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…
Prayer Ventures
August 21
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…
Mission & Ministry
A bright and healthy future
The Padhar Hospital in the state of Madhya Pradesh, central India, serves all patients—regardless of caste or creed. Owned by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh, the mission hospital…
Living Faithfully
Doing what Jesus wants us to do
When Lynn Hauger Anselm, a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Palmer, Alaska, attended a four-day training in community organizing conducted by Anchorage Faith & Action Congregations Together (AFACT), she…
Prayer Ventures
August 12
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…