Instead of preaching inside pristine chapels, Ray Stubbe preached outside in foxholes. Instead of worrying about low attendance on Sunday morning, the 20-something chaplain conducted impromptu sermons to no more…
Series editor’s note: Throughout 2022, “Deeper understandings” will feature biblical scholars sharing some of their favorite books of the Bible. Next month, Katherine A. Shaner will continue this theme. —Kathryn…
“A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled, because they are no more” (Matthew 2:18). A grocery store….
After the closure of St. James Evangelical Lutheran in Coral Gables, Fla., the Florida-Bahamas Synod found itself with nearly $10 million from the sale of the congregation’s property. Without skipping…
“I just don’t understand why,” he said to me, shaking his head. “Why would someone drive so far to do this to us?” We were walking away from the scene…
In a May 18 letter, bishops of the ELCA urged congressional leaders to support the transfer of funds to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to cover debt owed…
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…
The ELCA has issued a statement on the May 14 shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., in which a white supremacist gunman killed 10 people. “Our hearts grieve for those who have…
Editor’s note: This piece originally ran on May 25, 2021. Two older Asian women were stabbed recently in San Francisco. Shortly before that in the same city, an Asian man…
Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a pastoral message on the U.S. Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion on abortion. “The people of this church and this…
Tamika Jancewicz and Laura Kigweba James started the podcast For Collard Girls as a sacred space for women of color in ministry to feel affirmed and cared for. Launched in 2017,…
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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