Stewardship

Prayer Ventures

April 5

Everyday, 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…

Voices of Faith

Sin

Permanent ink on a white shirt is no fun. I purchased a stain remedy not long ago. It boasted of being able to remove virtually every cloth stain on the…

Faith in Action

Radio show brings laughter, more people into church

Everett Erickson and members of New Frontier Lutheran would fit into any congregation in Minnesota — they hold pancake breakfasts, debate about the duties of head usher and deal with…

Spiritual Resources

Join 40 Days of Giving

Congregations will raise $2 million to benefit ELCA World Hunger.

Spiritual Resources

How to create a narrative budget

Here are some steps to help your congregation tell of its ministry.

Spiritual Resources

Connecting money to ministry

Narrative budgets tell about God’s work through the congregation.

Voices of Faith

Extending an invitation to church

The world has yearnings, and our churches can answer some of them.

Faith in Action

‘Silent Night’ at 40 degrees below

Shishmaref, Alaska, is often used as an example for those wanting to tell the story of climate change in the Arctic. But Marvin Jonasen, pastor of Shishmaref Lutheran Church, says…

Faith in Action

4 resolutions for financial well-being in your congregation

The start of a new year is a wonderful opportunity to pause, think about the year ahead and resolve to make some changes. If you’re focusing on your faith community,…

Faith in Action

In a pickle

The children of Living Word Lutheran Church, Laurinburg, N.C., from the time they can toddle have deposited their own offering in a large Mt. Olive Pickle jar during worship. It’s…

Faith in Action

Loan commissions

As faith-based agencies that resettle refugees in the U.S. occupy a growing stage in the public square, their debt collection practices are coming under increased scrutiny. The agencies’little-known debt collection…

Mission & Ministry

Grace

When Pope Francis convened a meeting of Roman Catholic bishops last October, it was for the sake of discussing the church’s historical tendency to place more importance on doctrine and…