Each month ELCA Worship highlights resources and events from other organizations and institutions. These Lutheran and ecumenical partner organizations work alongside the ELCA to support worship leaders,…

As far as Bible characters go, I’ve always identified more with Martha than Mary. In Luke 10:38-42, when Martha opens her home to Jesus and his disciples,…

“For What Shall We Pray?” is a weekly post inviting individuals, groups, and congregations to lift up our world in prayer. This resource is prepared by a…

After Jesus asks the disciples to do yet one more seemingly impossible thing – to forgive someone seven times – the disciples cry out, “Increase our faith!”…

Some Christians practice listening to God in a more formal way, as with meditation or centering prayer but listening for God or becoming aware of the presence…

  One night at bedtime, my youngest child surprises me by asking God to bless the people who will be awake while he sleeps. His firefighter uncle,…

  “For What Shall We Pray?” is a weekly post inviting individuals, groups, and congregations to lift up our world in prayer. This resource is prepared by…

  Think about women in the Bible who were involved in God’s mission in the world. Examples could include Miriam, Sarah, Ruth, Naomi, or Esther in the…

  What does the Bible say about beauty? It contains passages about women who are beautiful (Esther, Leah, the woman of Song of Solomon). But it also…