Lectionary blog: On shame
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: On shame

Lectionary for July 27, 2025 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 18:20-32; Psalm 138; Colossians 2:6-15; Luke 11:1-13 While working out today, I listened to a podcast about how to be…

Prayer ventures: July 20
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 20

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

Prayer ventures: July 19
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 19

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

God’s hope holds us
From The Presiding Bishop

God’s hope holds us

Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope (Zechariah 9:12). One of Jesus’ resurrection appearances is told in Luke. Two who had followed Jesus were on their way to Emmaus….

Prayer ventures: July 18
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 18

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

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From The Presiding Bishop (Spanish)

La esperanza de Dios nos sostiene

Vuelvan a su fortaleza, cautivos de la esperanza (Zacarías 9:12). Una de las apariciones de Jesús después de su resurrección es narrada en Lucas. Dos de los que habían seguido…

Prayer ventures: July 16
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 16

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

Prayer ventures: July 15
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 15

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

Prayer ventures: July 14
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 14

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

Lectionary blog: Acting as God’s friends
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Acting as God’s friends

Lectionary for July 20, 2025 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 18:1-10; Psalm 15; Colossians 1:15-28; Luke 10:38-42 It may seem that we are in a unique crisis in the 21st-century…

Prayer ventures: July 13
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 13

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…