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For what shall we pray?

- “For what shall we pray?” is a weekly post inviting individuals, groups, and congregations to lift up our world in...

Worship Resources from Augsburg Fortress Publishers

- Augsburg Fortress is the publishing ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Each month ELCA Worship highlights resources from...

For what shall we pray?

- “For what shall we pray?” is a weekly post inviting individuals, groups, and congregations to lift up our world in...

For what shall we pray?

- “For what shall we pray?” is a weekly post inviting individuals, groups, and congregations to lift up our world in...
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October 12, 2025 – Thriving in Exile

- Prepare (This section is preparation for the leader, not content meant for the group.) In this passage, we find the...

October 5, 2025 – The Faith to Do What Needs to be Done

- Prepare (This section is preparation for the leader, not content meant for the group.) The first part of this week’s...

September 28, 2025 – Living as the Rich Man’s Brothers

- Prepare (This section is preparation for the leader, not content meant for the whole group.) Narrative context helps shed light...

Serving God or Wealth? Wrestling with the Parable of the Dishonest Manager

- Prepare (This section is preparation for the leader, not content meant for the whole group.) Our gospel reading for this...
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Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month

- In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month which is celebrated in the United States September 15- October 15, we share...

The National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools: Learning more about the ELCA’s Truth and Healing Movement

- In observation of National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools which is observed in the United States September 30,...

Yehiel Curry to be installed as ELCA presiding bishop

- The following post is a news release from Living Lutheran online. The original post can be found here. The photo...

Remembering the Emanuel Nine

- June 17th is Emanuel Nine Commemoration and Day of Repentance. The following are shareable resources you can use within your...
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SPPO Spotlight: Grateful Response to Grace with Advocacy

- By the Rev. Justin Eller, Assistant to the Bishop for Care and Community with the Southeastern Synod If advocacy means...

ELCA Urges Immediate Return to Negotiating Table

- The U.S. government could run out of funding on Oct. 1, 2025, if Congress does not pass new legislation to...

Summer Updates: State Edition

- Following are updates shared from submissions from ELCA-affiliated state public policy offices (sppos) this quarter. Submissions include updates on what...

SPPO Spotlight: Hope and Challenge Addressing Political Violence

- Over the past year we have witnessed an increase in polarization, a rise in Christian nationalism, and a number of...
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Interview with Filmmaker and “Intersections” Editing Producer, Mikayla Irle

- On September 22nd, 2025, ELCA World Hunger will officially release our short educational documentary, “Intersections: Justice Ministry with ELCA Partners,”...

Interview with Young Adults in Global Mission Alumna, Ashlyn Rhyne

- On September 22nd, 2025, ELCA World Hunger will officially release our short educational documentary, “Intersections: Justice Ministry with ELCA Partners,”...

ELCA World Hunger Education and Networking Grants

- The 2025 ELCA World Hunger Education and Networking Grant application cycle is now open!   Hunger Education and Networking Grants...

Ms. Ritu Rishidev: A Rising Voice of the Musahar Community

- Ms. Ritu Rishidev (shown in the picture above), 18, a +2 student from the Rishidev community in Arjundhara Rural Municipality-7,...
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Index of the September 2025 Issue of Administration Matters

- Issue 101 of Administration Matters Living Lutheran is back in print! Throughout the past few months, the staff of Living...

Index of the July 2025 Issue of Administration Matters

- Issue 100 of Administration Matters Online hearings – 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly The 2025 Churchwide Assembly hearings will be held...

Index of the May 2025 Issue

- Issue 99 of Administration Matters Online Bible Studies — 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly Join ELCA Churchwide Assembly voting members in...

Index of the March 2025 Issue

- Issue 98 of Administration Matters 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly The 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly will take place July 28–Aug. 2...
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Churchwide Assembly Recap: Disability Ministries

- For five days, hundreds of ELCA Lutherans descended on Phoenix, AZ, for the 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly. This gathering is...

Reflection: Disability and Mental Health Advocacy

- John Christensen is a life-long ELCA Lutheran, currently working with the World Council of Churches as a Project Officer in...

Disability Ministry Report

- In our churchwide organization’s recently released God’s Love Made Real strategic recommendations report, research from the Barna Group and Fuller Seminary...

Resources Available for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Print-Disabled

- Hi friends! Today’s post links with our upcoming newsletter. Be sure to check out Rev. Peter Heide’s interview below, and...

Sumud Summer Newsletter 2025

- Click here to read Sumud’s 2025 Summer newsletter.

2025 ELCA Sumud Lenten Series Resource Guide

- Dear Sumud community, Thank you for your patience in receiving this Sumud Lenten resource. Below you will find a link...

My American Christian Voice

- How can we use our voices for justice in Palestine and Israel as American Christians?

Sumud Lent Series 2025

- This Lent, join ELCA Sumud with a six-week series in which Palestinian Christian theologians and pastors will weave together the...
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And Moved into the Neighborhood

- And Moved into the Neighborhood By: Deacon Erin Brown – Lutheran Office for World Community   The Word became flesh...

What Can Congregations Do to Prepare for Immigration Raids?

- What Can Congregations Do to Prepare for Immigration Raids? April 1, 2025   The information shared here does not constitute...

The Latest: Know Your Rights Information

- Know Your Rights Information Everyone in the United States has certain rights guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution, regardless of immigration...

World Refugee Day, A Day to Proudly Practice Solidarity

- By Giovana Oaxaca World Refugee Day is observed annually on June 20th. This is a time to honor the courage...
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Innovation Is a Privilege—Let’s Make It a Right

- By: Rahel Mwitula Williams “Infrastructure is the dream!” stated one of the members of an inner city congregation. In my...

No One Is Prototyping a New Jesus: Innovation in the ELCA

- This year marks two years in my role as the ELCA Director of Innovation and Ideas. While I’d love to...

Blog Series: Parents, Pressure and Passing on Faith – Communicating Shared Values

- This blog post “Communicating Shared Values” is part two of a series designed to spark conversation! To read the previous...

Blog Series: Parents, pressure and passing on faith (or not)

- This blog post is part of a series designed to spark conversation! To read future posts in the series, you...
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Addressing Anti-Judaism: A Proposed Update to the Revised Common Lectionary

- The Consultation on Common Texts (CCT)— a joint American and Canadian ecumenical body—oversees the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL), a schedule of biblical passages read...

New Study Guide on the Joint Statement on the Filioque

- This post is shared jointly on the Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Perspectives blog and the ELCA Worship blog.  1700 years ago,...

Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Guide to 2024

- The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is upon us once again. To commemorate this time of collective witness we’ve...

Preview the Thirteenth Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation

- One week from today the Thirteenth Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation will begin in Krakow, Poland. The Assembly will...
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Nominate a Leader in Your Life for the Inaugural Building Resilient Leadership Cohort

- The ELCA Building Resilient Communities (BRC) team invites nominations of adult leaders, ages 18-and-older, to participate in the inaugural Building...

Mud on my Boots on Ash Wednesday

- Cleaning the mud off my boots after a recent flood response, I noticed the grittiness of it. It reminded me...

Humanitarian Response Training in Indonesia

- Asia is one of the most disaster-hit regions in the world, with floods, cyclones, earthquakes, landslides, and volcanic eruptions. Unplanned...

Faith through the Storm: Rebuilding Together in Christ’s Strength

- By Pastor Rob Rose, Assistant to the Bishop, Florida-Bahamas Synod Republished from the Florida-Bahamas Synod E-Spirit Weekly Newsletter    ...
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Scenes from a Street Car: Created to be Disciples

- Saturday, July 20 – Created to Be Disciples Today was our closing worship for the 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering, and...

Scenes from a Street Car: Created to be Disruptive

- Friday, July 19 – Created to Be Disruptive Today, the final full day of the Youth Gathering, was a whirlwind...

Scenes from a Street Car: Created to be Free

- Thursday, July 18 – Created to Be Free Today, over 5k Gathering participants in bright orange shirts launched into the...

Scenes from a Street Car: Created to be Authentic

- Wednesday, July 17 – Created to Be Authentic Today, the spirit of authenticity radiated through the streets of New Orleans...
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The Wolf Shall Lie Down With the Lamb: #NoPlasticsforLent

- The Word Genesis 1:29-30 29 God said, “See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the...

Creation Care on Campus: #NoPlasticsforLent

- A Starting Place Creation care looks different at different stages of our lives. College is a transitional time for many...

Local is Global: #NoPlasticsforLent

- The Word “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to...

Justice Alongside Indigenous Peoples : #NoPlasticsforLent

- ‘Wild’ Places I have been interested in environmental activism, indigenous justice, and decolonization since I was a kid (I was...
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Reviving hope in Memphis

-   by Rev. Antoinette Robinson, Peace Lutheran Church, Memphis Peace Lutheran Church, Memphis, formed Trinity Ministries in partnership with two...

Reclaiming faith with LGBTQIA+ community in Los Angeles

-   ADORE LA is seeking new and creative ways to do church in the city of Los Angeles. This LGBTQIA+...

Communing with Christ in the strawberry field

-   The faith community of Iglesia Luterana Santa Cruz communes with Christ in a strawberry field of Santa Maria, Calif....

CV Training Event Travel and Logistics – San Diego – February 2020

- Congregational Vitality Training Event — San Diego Travel & Logistics for Training Event & Pre-Events: February 17-21, 2020 TRAINING EVENT...
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Helmut and Rotraut Diefenthal: Service in Malaysia and Tanzania

- Franklin Ishida ​ The son of a Jewish father, Helmut Diefenthal and his wife, Rotraut, survived Nazi Germany and World...

Nurturing the church in Japan

- Nathan and Sharonette Bowman ​ New playground equipment is enjoyed at the kindergarten. The Rev. Nathan and Sharonette Bowman accompany...

Hunger

- Kirsten Fryer The Rev. Kirsten Fryer serves as pastor at St. Andrew’s United Congregation in Cairo and is also pastoral...

Women’s Sunday in Kenya

- Leslie Weed-Fonner and Michael G Fonner ​ Women’s Sunday worship March 1 at the Nairobi International Lutheran Congregation. The Rev....
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Mensaje navideño

- Jesús es nuestro verdadero hogar. Esa es nuestra esperanza en Navidad y durante todo el año. Nunca estamos lejos de…

Reflexiones sobre las elecciones recientes

- Video de reflexiones sobre las elecciones por parte de la reverenda Elizabeth Eaton, obispa presidente de la ELCA

Obispa presidente de la ELCA emite declaración sobre Standing Rock

- CHICAGO (14 de noviembre de 2016) – La reverenda Elizabeth A. Eaton, obispa presidente de la Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en...

Una mirada mayor al Catecismo menor

- Por Elizabeth Eaton, Obispa presidente de la ELCA, columna de octubre de 2016 en Living Lutheran Nota del editor: Esta es...