70 years on, Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission meets needs in new ways. Read this deep dive about NELM, the ELCA Navajo mission in Rock Point, Ariz. by John Potter for Living Lutheran. NELM is the beneficiary of funds raised through LDR from this year’s 40-40-40 Lenten Challenge.

Living Lutheran, February 19. “Lifting our voices to alleviate hunger and other forms of suffering is an act of hope,” said Cynthia Crane, former director of the Lutheran Office for Public Policy in Wisconsin. “We begin with God, who walks with us and is where we end. In response to God’s immense love, we are stewards of the present and a vision of what can be.”

The ELCA Conference of Bishops has issued a statement on the need to speak the truth. “We know that the power of truth is greater than the power of deceit,” the statement read, in part. Read more.