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Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: September 6

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…

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Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: September 5

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…

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Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: September 4

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…

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Spiritual Resources

Lectionary blog: When hope is lost

Lectionary blog for Sept. 9 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 35:4-7a; Psalm 146; James 2:1-10, 14-17; Mark 7:24-37 “Say to those of fearful heart, ‘Be strong, do not fear! Here…

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Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: September 3

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…

Prayer Ventures: September 2
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: September 2

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…

Prayer Ventures: September 1
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: September 1

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…

Study guide: An ancient journey, rediscovered
Spiritual Resources

Study guide: An ancient journey, rediscovered

Older members of your congregation may remember when most stores were closed on Sundays, or when public schools hosted Christmas pageants and taught kids to sing carols. In our current…

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Spiritual Resources

Study guide: Gathered together, changed forever

You hear the question in most every congregation: “How can we reach today’s youth?” The ELCA Youth Gathering, held every three years and just this past summer in Houston, is…

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From The Presiding Bishop (Spanish)

No temas

Voy saliendo en mi primer viaje a Holden Village, un centro para retiros cerca de Chelan, en Washington. He oído acerca de este Shangri-La (o paraíso) luterano desde hace años….

Fear not
From The Presiding Bishop

Fear not

I’m leaving for my first trip to Holden Village, a retreat center near Chelan, Wash. I’ve heard about this Lutheran Shangri-La for years. I have sung and played the Holden…

Prayer Ventures: August 31
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: August 31

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…