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…

When Jimmy Carter spoke about his faith in Christ while campaigning for president in 1976, many evangelicals were ecstatic.  No previous presidential candidate had claimed to be…

The ELCA Conference of Bishops has issued a statement on the need to speak the truth. “We know that the power of truth is greater than the…

My neighborhood, just outside of Washington, DC, has a strong sense of local community. I know the people on our block, and I love bumping into folks—at…

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…

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit (Psalm 34:18). At 67, I’ve reached the age when the deaths of dear ones are increasingly…

Devastating hundreds of miles from the Florida Gulf Coast to Georgia to the mountains of North Carolina, Hurricane Helene has created a complicated equation for Christian organizations…

The high season of American politics is here. Stomachs are knotted. Electoral trend lines undulate. Betting markets tremble. And what of the American church? Many of us…

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. 6, 202420th Sunday after PentecostJob 1:1, 2:1-10; Psalm 26;Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12; Mark 10:2-16 As I’ve drifted around different parts of the body of Christ…