5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (230+ 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…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (365+ words) Editor's note: This post was originally published on the ELCA Racial Justice blog. Let's take a trip back to high school history class: Juneteenth is one of many portmanteaus necessary to convey the unique Black American experience throughout U. S. pre-history and…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago  (717+ words) The following appears in the 2022 African Descent Ministries Annual Report to remember the nine members of Emanuel American Methodist Church in Charleston, South Carolina on June 17, 2015. The liturgy was written by Jia Starr Brown. Explanation of the day On June…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (626+ words) Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Raleigh, N. C. Head athletic trainer, Carolina Hurricanes Hockey Club In 2012, my then-girlfriend, now my wife, Shelley, and I were visiting multiple churches in the Raleigh area. We came from different church backgrounds but had similar wants in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (352+ words) Lectionary for June 21, 2026 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Jeremiah 20: 7-13; Psalm 69: 7-10, 16-18; Romans 6: 1-11; Matthew 10: 24-39 One of my favorite movies is Kingdom of Heaven from 2005 (the director's cut, naturally). It's a loosely adapted telling of the loss of Jerusalem in 1187 by the Franks just…...

1+ week, 3+ day 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+ week, 4+ day 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…...

1+ week, 6+ day 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…...

3+ week, 20+ hour 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…...

3+ week, 1+ 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,…...