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Faith in Action
News from ELCA Advocacy
We know that facing hunger is more than pre-dinner pangs. The share of children in households with an income of less than half the poverty line doubled between 2021 and…
Mission & Ministry
Care and kindness
Winds of change have swirled around the globe in the century and a half since Seafarers International House (SIH) was born. But the ELCA ministry, guided by its core mission…
Voices of Faith
My take: In those days
In those days when I was a kid in the 1960s, Christmas was magical and merry. In these days it can seem raw and real. Once, with little empathy or…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Dec. 18
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Dec. 13
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…
Spiritual Resources
ELCA good gifts for the holidays
Visit ELCA Good Gifts for more information or to purchase a gift.
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Dec. 11
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…
Spiritual Resources
Sacred transforming work
How can predominately white churches engage in the necessary preparatory work to call ministers of color to lead them? Leaders of color in the ELCA often face discouragement and lack…
Spiritual Resources
A study guide for “Faith and action”
Since its beginning in 1988, the ELCA has partnered with Lutheran churches in Central America, not only to mutually enrich our faith through accompaniment but also to learn about and…
Voices of Faith
We are leaders, not guest speakers
Growing up as the child of an ELCA pastor in South Dakota, Gabe Wounded Head experienced life not on a reservation but amid a very white congregation. Now, as a…
Faith in Action
A faithful journey of service in Alaska’s Inupiaq community
I acknowledge the Yup’ik, Inupiaq and St. Lawrence Island Yupik peoples on whose traditional lands I work and live. I also acknowledge the Creator and all Indigenous people of Alaska….
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Nov. 25
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…