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Today we are sharing prompts to inspire your personal spiritual time and help you set your intentions for the upcoming weekend. Take a moment to reflect on the following and…
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you (Isaiah 60:1). Not long ago, a neighborhood child stood on our front porch…
Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rochester, N.Y. Workforce and public affairs specialist, Plug Power, Inc. I connected with Messiah Lutheran late winter, early spring of 2025. I saw the sign and…
As we welcome 2026, Living Lutheran shares journal prompts to guide your self-reflection and help you set your faith intentions for the new year. Is there anything you need to…
My daughters are 2, 4 and 6 years old, so bedtime is still a full-contact sport for me most nights. Between begging them to eat dinner, washing three squirming bodies and finally dressing them in their beloved pajamas, I am more tired by bedtime than they are. Yet somehow the last two…
Series editor’s note: This article kicks off the 2026 theme for “Deeper understandings”: faithful witness in challenging times. In the coming year, various authors will explore what it means for…
Today we are sharing prompts to inspire your personal spiritual time and help you set your intentions for the upcoming weekend. Take a moment to reflect on the following and…
Focal verse “The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life” (Job 33:4). Reflection You made it—you’re here at the start of a…
As we wrapped up 2025, we took a look at some of our top stories from the year. Below are Living Lutheran‘s five most-read articles from the last 12 months….
As 2025 comes to a close, we’ve gathered Living Lutheran articles that lift up powerful stories of faith. Over the past year, we gathered in Phoenix, Ariz., for the 2025…
During Advent on Living Lutheran, we shared a weekly prayer, Scripture and accompanying activity for you to complete with a group or as a solo project. In weeks one through…
During Advent on Living Lutheran, there will be a weekly prayer, Scripture and accompanying activity. Each week’s Advent activity can be completed with a group or as a solo project….
Innovation is in bloom across the rural reaches of the ELCA, and perhaps nothing exemplifies that better than a new food ministry in Iowa. The Western Iowa Synod calls it…
A tiny baby Jesus, watched over by Mary and Joseph, would be easily identifiable to members of St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hilltown, Pa., as a nativity scene celebrating…
The ELCA was first introduced to Elida Senzenina Panjaitan (who goes by “Angel”) a decade ago, when she was 7 years old. Angel, who lives in Indonesia, was born with…
Editor’s note: This reflection is part of a series by chaplains in the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU) about the ways in which God is at work on NECU campuses. Benedict Owusu and I met at…
Green Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR) polo shirts could be spotted under blazers as about 70 LDR members from 26 states strode into offices on Capitol Hill to speak with their…
Higher education in the United States is being challenged and transformed. Institutions are being pressured at all levels, struggling with tuition increases, political polarization, repercussions from the COVID-19 pandemic, demographic…
We don’t usually put the words “shrewd” and “grace” together. They aren’t compatible. Rather, they are opposed in character, each carrying its own connotations that divide them into separate categories….
Each month, Living Lutheran will share history and fun facts behind some hymns beloved by Lutherans. This month’s hymn is Go Tell It on the Mountain.
Each month, Living Lutheran will share history and fun facts behind some hymns beloved by Lutherans. This month’s hymn is Canticle of the Turning. “Canticle of the Turning” by Rory Cooney Copyright ©…
Russell Meyer, intentional interim pastor of St. John Lutheran Church in Jacksonville, Fla., considers his vocation to be creating welcome for all people. St. John, a historically African American congregation…
Editor’s note: We’re halfway through January and some people are now thinking about their already-broken New Year’s Day resolutions. Never fear, as noted in this article that first posted in…
Editor’s note: As we reflect on one of the most tumultuous years in recent history, with movements that brought discussions of race and racism to the forefront, we offer a series focusing on…
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