Assembly recap: Wide-ranging memorials adopted
The Churchwide Assembly adopted (829-33) en bloc 26 memorials on such topics as gun violence, gender identity, engagement in the Holy Land and seminary tuition. Memorials address broad policy issues…
The Churchwide Assembly adopted (829-33) en bloc 26 memorials on such topics as gun violence, gender identity, engagement in the Holy Land and seminary tuition. Memorials address broad policy issues…
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…
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…
“Our life is better now,” said Francisco Thuboy Mauguese, a farmer who lives together with his wife and six children in Muchambonha village. He is one of the residents in…
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has released a pastoral message addressing actions taken at the ELCA 2019 Churchwide Assembly to address racism and white supremacy. “We are all deeply in need…
In an age when globalization is often associated with corporate greed on a multinational scale, 21 people from 10 countries and three continents discovered common ground for justice in the…
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…
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…
Editor’s note: In light of the adoption of the social statement “Faith, Sexism and Justice: A Call to Action” at the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, we are re-running this piece on…
It was Monday morning after spring break. We were beginning a week of activities on campus designed to lift up the concept of vocation for students, faculty and staff. “It’s…
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…
Agong smiled when the medical team made its rounds. After obstetric fistula surgery, she hoped that four years of incontinence—the result of an injury during a prolonged labor and delivery—would…
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