Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has issued a statement, “This is the Day,” addressing racism, COVID-19 and the recent protests and violence in the U.S. “We are a nation in distress….
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…
The ELCA has reaffirmed its commitment to combating racism and white supremacy “following the recent murders of Black Americans,” the church’s Conference of Bishops said in a statement. The ELCA’s…
Lutherans in Burleigh County, N.D., came out in force to show their support for refugee resettlement last December before county commissioners voted on the issue. The meeting followed a September…
In Gambia, a small country in West Africa, many women depend on subsistence agriculture for survival and regularly face periods when their food supply is scarce. Unexpected events—from crop failure…
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer Ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…
A Twin Cities-area congregation has used a powerful financial lever to improve the lives of hundreds of families while drawing attention to a societal problem: the crushing weight of hospital…
As people around the world adjust to the “new normal” brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, there is an increased focus on caring for the most vulnerable people in our…
In 2017, the New York Times published a story highlighting the struggles of Korean American adoptees who were recently deported back to Korea after living in the United States. Before…
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has issued a pastoral message on the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has “exacerbated racism and racial inequities deeply entrenched in society and across the…
Editor’s note: COVID-19 has uniquely impacted communities of color and their lives and ministries. In this series, we will feature ELCA Racial Justice reflections from each of the ELCA Ethnic…
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