A reflection on the 2024 ELCA Youth Ministry Network Extravaganza
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A reflection on the 2024 ELCA Youth Ministry Network Extravaganza

Editor’s note: This post was originally published on the ELCA Disability Ministries blog. At the 2024 ELCA Youth Ministry Network Extravaganza, held Jan. 18-21 in New Orleans, several firsts occurred related to Disability…

Women’s History Month: Lutheran Women’s Work in Religion
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Women’s History Month: Lutheran Women’s Work in Religion

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Living Lutheran continues to highlight programs, ministries and resources that support women and promote gender justice. This week, we focus on the Lutheran Women’s…

I’m a Lutheran: Hannah Wolfe-MacPike
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I’m a Lutheran: Hannah Wolfe-MacPike

Sitka (Alaska) Lutheran Church Collections manager, Kodiak History Museum I was baptized and confirmed at Sitka Lutheran and made my decision there to “live Lutheran,” as it were. I attended…

The good news of reconciling love
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The good news of reconciling love

Series editor’s note: Throughout 2024, “Deeper understandings” will feature teaching scholars of the ELCA reflecting on the many ways that Lutheran theology makes a difference for our daily lives. —Kristin Johnston Largen, president…

Writing about what we shy away from
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Writing about what we shy away from

Death is a common theme during Lent. The season opens with Ash Wednesday’s reminder that we are mortal and closes with the death of Christ himself on Good Friday. But…

Living as a sacrifice in the movies of 2023
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Living as a sacrifice in the movies of 2023

Kōichi Shikishima doesn’t recognize his hometown. When he left his Tokyo neighborhood to fight in World War II, promises of victory and glory filled him. He returned to ruins and…

Theology that matters
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Theology that matters

As a theologian and the president of Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa, I’m delighted to introduce the 2024 edition of Living Lutheran’s long-running column “Deeper understandings” on behalf of…

I’m a Lutheran: Elizabeth Gilbert
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I’m a Lutheran: Elizabeth Gilbert

First Lutheran Church, Cincinnati Product data scientist, Cisco; former co-chair, Gather Network I first connected with my congregation in August of 2020. At First Lutheran, I play cello when the…