Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer Ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life as together we pray for the needs of the world and give thanks for the ministries of our church.

Wednesday, Dec. 21: Winter solstice In our observance of Advent, we look to the lighting of candles to remind us of the light of Jesus Christ shining brightly without fail in the world, especially in places of despair and darkness where people long for light and hope.

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