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Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: ‘They know his voice’

Lectionary blog for May 7 Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 2:42-47; Psalm 23; 1 Peter 2:19-25; John 10:1-10 I once saw a TV program about blind slalom skiers. Yes, blind…

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Prayer Ventures

May 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…

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Prayer Ventures

April 30

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

April 29

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…

I wonder …
From The Presiding Bishop

I wonder …

Recently, I heard the Bach cantata O heilges Geist und Wasserbad. The cantata’s text is based on John 3:1-15, which was the Gospel lesson at the service where the cantata…

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Prayer Ventures

April 28

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…

Me pregunto …
From The Presiding Bishop (Spanish)

Me pregunto …

Recientemente escuché la cantata O heilges Geist und Wasserbad de Bach. El texto de la misma está basado en Juan 3:1-15, que fue la lección del Evangelio dada en el…

Study guide: Living out our commitment
Study Guides

Study guide: Living out our commitment

The ELCA’s 1993 social statement “Freed in Christ: Race, Ethnicity and Culture” reminds us that when it was formed in 1988, the denomination established a goal to grow its membership…

Study guide: Grief with no warning
Study Guides

Study guide: Grief with no warning

Death and transition are universal human experiences. Acknowledging our common mortality, some anonymous plainspoken philosopher coined the phrase: “Nobody gets out alive.” But that realization doesn’t lesson the pain that…

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Prayer Ventures

April 27

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

April 26

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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Living Faithfully

Prayer—there’s an app for that

We’ve all done it. Someone tells us about an event in their life—a celebration or cause of concern—and we tell them, “I’ll pray for you.” Then it slips our mind…