Three thousand disaster relief kits were assembled during the 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering, held July 16-20 in New Orleans. Their distribution was completed in mid-September. Photo: Courtesy…

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

Lectionary for Oct. 13, 202421st Sunday after PentecostJob 23:1-9, 16-17; Psalm 22:1-15;Hebrews 4:12-16; Mark 10:17-31 Numbers is my favorite book in the Bible because it’s all about…

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

Gen Z Protestants don’t want to be known for their faith. Instead, they want their talents, interests, hobbies, and education levels to be the ways they make…

The common language of worship has a way of capturing the heart even when the mind cannot understand. I remembered this as I wiped my tears while…

In his 1996 novel, In the Beauty of the Lilies, John Updike has a fictional Reformed Presbyterian minister feel his faith abandon him like an exhale, leaving…