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…
When Mark Ellingsen came across both neurobiological research on how racism may be rooted in brain dynamics and evolutionary theory on the importance of cooperation in advancing the human species,…
Covering the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol with homemade blankets and quilts wasn’t the recent effort of a national quilting organization. Instead they were part of the Homeless Memorial…
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…
Most of us take housing for granted. It’s our home, a place where we can store our belongings, live with family and lay our heads at night. But for one…
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…
Marie was looking for a second chance. A self-described addict serving time in the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Ohio, she hoped for a brighter future that would include stability…
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…
A scribe then approached [Jesus] and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests;…
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…
One year ago, President Vladimir Putin of Russia ordered the invasion of Ukraine, killing thousands and displacing millions. Lutherans around the world have responded to the crisis with generosity and…
In Lake County, Ill., a unique partnership between churches, civic organizations and institutions of higher learning is forming to ask: What if we could prepare our youth and young adults…
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