Slow faith
Living Faithfully

Slow faith

Focal verse “This is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment just as you have heard it from the beginning—you must walk in it” (2…
Reflecting on life and death this Lent
Living Faithfully

Reflecting on life and death this Lent

Focal verse “I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, because of your sharing in…
A shared sense of global Lutheran identity
Mission & Ministry

A shared sense of global Lutheran identity

Last summer, Melissa Gómez-Yepes saw the Milky Way for the first time. Gómez-Yepes is from Medellín, Colombia, where she works as an evangelism coordinator in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of…
Prayer ventures: Feb. 3
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Feb. 3

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…
Praying the Psalms
Living Faithfully

Praying the Psalms

Focal verse “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not…
A year of questions
Living Faithfully

A year of questions

Focal verse “Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that the Son of Man is?’” (Matthew 16:13). Reflection Our…
New beginnings and the good news
Living Faithfully

New beginnings and the good news

There are many ways to calculate “newness.” Clearly the new year is one—though the church’s new year started back in early December with Advent. Perhaps this season also means “new”…
Prayer ventures: Dec. 26
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Dec. 26

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…
Gold, frankincense and casseroles
Voices of Faith

Gold, frankincense and casseroles

Our baby boy came early. We knew he would; our obstetrician had planned the induction two weeks before our due date. And then, as babies tend to do, he didn’t…
An ordinary blessing for Christmas
Living Faithfully

An ordinary blessing for Christmas

Some of the sagest advice we receive in this life can sound like a simple thing we already know deep in our bodies, but it gains authority when we hear…
Love coming down
Living Faithfully

Love coming down

Focal verse “Let all that you do be done in love” (1 Corinthians 16:14). Reflection One word guides the way I teach Sunday school: love. On the first day of…
Honor Advent through the saints
Living Faithfully

Honor Advent through the saints

Editor’s note: This article originally ran Dec. 5, 2019. The weeks leading up to Christmas are a big deal in our house. Since I was a child, the season was…