About an hour’s drive south of Pelotas, Brazil, lies the Kilombola community where Marta Madeira’s family lives along with eight other families. Even on summer’s hottest day, Madeira greets everyone…
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…
Many congregations have parking lots, but most don’t put them to use as havens of care and human dignity, as does Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Saratoga, Calif. Since…
Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! (Luke 12:51). Jesus’ words about division, which appear in this…
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…
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…
Nearly a century before the Americans with Disabilities Act became law, a Minnesota church chose accessibility over tradition. The result is a functional monument to making worship more inviting to…
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…
O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder consider all the works thy hand hath made, I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder, thy power throughout the…
From the beginning of Russia’s unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine in February, Lutherans have joined the worldwide effort to help, with generous donations of money, goods and service. The…
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…
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…
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