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Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: June 20
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for…
Faith in Action
Juneteenth and the Tuskegee Airmen
On Juneteenth, we celebrate the end of slavery and the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. But that freedom granted to all enslaved people in 1865 was short-lived. In a video…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: June 19
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for…
Voices of Faith
Juneteenth and Pride Month: Resistance and liberation
Kwame Pitts (she/her) serves as a mission developer for Community of Good Neighbors (CGN) Buffalo, a mobile food pantry combating food disparity and inequity on the east side of Buffalo,…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: June 17
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for…
Faith in Action
Emanuel Nine 10th anniversary remembrance
In observance of the 10th anniversary of the tragic shooting of nine martyrs at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton calls…
Faith in Action
A place for everyone
Three years ago, when Sue. J. Briner, bishop of the Southwestern Texas Synod, tasked Keats Miles-Wallace to build a grassroots community for those who identify as LGBTQIA+, the pastor had…
Faith in Action
News from ELCA advocacy
It may start with a hyperlocal question: A pastor, noticing a food bank running out of products and experiencing longer lines, asks, “Why is that? What can we do?” State…
Voices of Faith
“Reformation of Marriage”
June 13, 2025, marks the 500th wedding anniversary of Katharina von Bora and Martin Luther, an event that we might think of as a “Reformation of Marriage.” When we commemorate…
Faith in Action
Bishop Eaton issues statement on travel ban
Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a statement on the Trump administration’s recently announced travel ban to the United States from 12 countries, several of which…
Mission & Ministry
“Work that changes lives”
When Karen Anderson volunteered as a medical missionary to Chile in 1981, she told her parents she would be back in a year. Forty-three years later, her home and heart…
Voices of Faith
Education is a baptismal vocation: A gift and a commitment
Series editor’s note: In 2025, “Deeper understandings” is focusing on the ELCA social statements. We hope to reintroduce them to readers as a means of provoking fruitful, enriching conversation between Christians with different…
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