10+ hour, 4+ min ago  (306+ words) Every day, Living Lutheranoffers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource "Prayer ventures," which can be downloadedhere. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life as together we pray for the needs of…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (302+ words) Every day, Living Lutheranoffers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource "Prayer ventures," which can be downloadedhere. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life as together we pray for the needs of…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (358+ words) Jennifer Dee, Robesonia, Pa. , was elected June 6 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the'Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during the synod assembly, June 4-6 at Split Rock Resort in Lake Harmony, Pa. Dee was…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (352+ words) As in one body we have many members and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another" (Romans 12: 4-5). This summer, whether your…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (380+ words) Elected April 25 as bishop of the Northeastern Minnesota Synod, Taryn Montgomery sees the vital importance of churches" ties to their local communities. Montgomery, who served as synod minister for discipleship and Christian community from 2023 until she began her new role,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (480+ words) Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Cocoa Beach, Fla. Retired executive vice president and chief operating officer, Hyatt Vacation Ownership There were no "typical days" in my position, but they were filled with meetings, site visits, presentations and difficult decisions. Our…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (283+ words) Joy Mortensen-Wiebe, Madison, Wis. , was reelected May 16 to serve a second six-year term as bishop of the'South-Central Synod of Wisconsin of the ELCA. The election took place during the synod assembly, May 15-16 at Woodman's Sports & Convention Center in Janesville, Wis....

1+ mon, 5+ hour ago  (448+ words) Editor's note: This post originally appeared on the ELCA Advocacy blog." What is at stake in the electoral process? For Lutherans, our response is not exclusively individualistic. "The faith community has played a pivotal role in the multigenerational struggle to…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1126+ words) Editor's note: In this second installment of a three-part Living Lutheran series, Deanna Kim Bassett, an ELCA pastor, reflects on her family's experience of Japanese American incarceration'and what those stories require of a church called to confront fear, exclusion and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (228+ words) Living Lutheran Prayer for April 30 Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource "Prayer ventures," which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life as…...