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Prayer Ventures

July 28

Everyday, 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…

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From The Presiding Bishop

Holy Saturday

They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it with the spices in linen cloths, according to the burial custom of the Jews. Now there was a garden in the…

Sábado Santo
From The Presiding Bishop (Spanish)

Sábado Santo

“Ambos tomaron el cuerpo de Jesús y, conforme a la costumbre judía de dar sepultura, lo envolvieron en vendas con las especias aromáticas. En el lugar donde crucificaron a Jesús…

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From The Presiding Bishop

Time to get to know each other

Sometimes I just don’t get us. We are the least likely of all people to speak enthusiastically about our church. I don’t know if it is some cross-cultural Lutheran modesty…

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From The Presiding Bishop

The promise, hope of Christmas

A Christmas message from ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton.

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From The Presiding Bishop

Putting the pieces together

It has been just more than two years since I began this call. I’m often asked what has been the greatest surprise. Certainly the amount of travel has been a…

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From The Presiding Bishop

The unsettled season of Advent

O come, O come Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear (Evangelical Lutheran Worship, 257). Advent. We were just here…