As Pentecost approaches, more than one person is struck by the question – what kind of feast is this, really? At Christmas there is a variety of gifts, at Easter there are eggs and rabbits, but what is characteristic of Pentecost? What do we receive, touch and taste...
Urzula Glīneke is a Latvian theologian, artist, activist and member of LLSTA. She currently lives in Scotland, is a member of the Iona Community and a chaplain at the University of Edinburgh. Urzula travels a great deal and has worked, studied and lived in Norway,...
Dear friends, Christ is risen! Alleluia! At the feast of Christ's resurrection we experience the rebirth of hope and great joy, and we can affirm together with Mary Magdalene: "I have seen the Lord!" May Jesus' victory over death fill your hearts with renewed faith...
Where are you, reader, right now? Are you in some city, where all around there are people, the rumble and honking of traffic, conversations – warm or sharp, the sounds of unseen activities – metal striking metal, someone drilling something, a tram rattling past? Do...
Anna Vaita. Kontekstuāli hermeneitiska eseja par nenovērtēto un neapmaksāto mājsaimniecības darbu Lūkas ev. 10:38-42 gaismā.
Aira Līcīte is a theologian who, in the spring of 2023, defended her master's thesis at the UL Faculty of Theology with the work "Three Interconnected Theological Magnitudes: Creation, Jesus, the Holy Spirit." In this conversation, Aira talks about the relevance of...
LLSTA association representatives Austra Reinis and Elīza Zikmane visiting the Lutheran women theologians of Germany. photo: Cornelia Schlarb From 28 to 31 January 2024, the German association of Lutheran women theologians (Konvent Evangelischer Theologinnen) held its...
THE SOCIO-POLITICAL INTERESTS OF THE BALTIC GERMANS IN THE EDUCATION OF LATVIANTEACHERS IN VIDZEME AND KURZEME (1802–1856) Promocijas-darbs-PDF-1Download
Sarmīte Cīrule is a woman rich in faith and experience, courageous and direct. Her life is bound up with medicine, theology and history. Since October 2022 she has served as a medic on the Ukrainian front. LLSTA invited Sarmīte to a conversation during the Advent...
“Lord, Your coming is the peace of the feast, Your coming is the seeker's find …. Lord, Your coming is the mystery of love, Which we give to one another.” Janīna Babre, Advent The time of waiting has passed, Christ has come, the feast is here! But -- peace and...