Lutherans act for climate justice

As we prepare for Earth Day, Presiding Bishop Eliabeth Eaton shares some examples of how Lutherans are caring for creation and addressing climate justice. The ELCA collaborates with ecoAmerica’s Blessed Tomorrow program to train creation care ambassadors. In Washington, D.C., we seek solutions to the impacts of climate change through advocacy, building relationships with elected leaders. Globally, the ELCA participates in the Conference of the Parties (COP) at the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Lutheran delegates have witnessed action on climate issues including options to improve soil and meet a growing demand for food.

God calls us to be stewards of the earth and to fully integrate creation care into our love of God, neighbor and everything in our environment. Watch the video and get involved.

Living Lutheran: Freed to Ask Difficult Questions

“Nothing — not even the most dangerous questions — can separate us from God.”

In Living Lutheran’s April lead feature, Anna Madsen contemplates Christians’ hesitance to ask hard questions about faith. Though asking questions can feel risky or worrying, Madsen argues, it can also allow God to teach us something new.

“We can confidently say, ‘This is what I believe — and maybe there’s more to it than that.’ When we do so, we open ourselves not to the devil but to the possibility of God bringing about something new.” Read more and download the study guide.

Living Lutheran: I’m a Lutheran: Joel McKinnon Miller

“You go through ups and downs in life, but you have that foundation — that faith. We always have that, and that’s the gift, isn’t it? I’m a Lutheran because my parents brought me up in the Lutheran church, and now it’s just part of who I am and who I’ll always be. It’s almost like part of my DNA, I guess you could say.” In the April issue of Living Lutheran, Joel McKinnon Miller talks faith, acting and life lessons, sharing how his Lutheran faith is woven through his life story. Read more in this month’s “I’m a Lutheran.”

Earth Day worship service
Lutherans Restoring Creation

Ecumenical Advocacy Days
“Fierce Urgency: Advancing Civil & Human Rights”

Celebration of Arab American Heritage Month
Association of Lutherans of Arab and Middle Eastern Heritage

ELCA Churchwide Assembly
Embody the Word

Justice Portal


Loving our neighbors includes working for justice in our personal and public lives. The ELCA’s Justice Portal offers information and links to join others across the church in living out God’s baptismal call to act for justice.


VISIT

“A Declaration of the ELCA to the Muslim Community”

This declaration was recently adopted by the ELCA Church Council as a statement on Lutheran-Muslim relations.





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“Tree of Healing” Vacation Bible School program

Come learn about health at the “Tree of Healing,” ELCA World Hunger’s VBS program for 2022. Skits, stories and activities will teach children of all ages, both in person or online, what it means to be healthy in body, mind and spirit.


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