Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily 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.

Thursday, Dec. 21 Winter solstice  As the days of the Northern Hemisphere grow shorter, we pray that we will be guided and reassured by the light of Christ, which illuminates God’s love, mercy and truth in our lives and in every corner of the world.

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