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Hopeful waiting
I think of Advent as the waiting season. For the First Sunday of Advent, the Gospel of Mark reminds us that no one knows the precise day or hour the…
Spiritual Resources
Advent Prayer Chain Craft
This week’s Advent activity can be completed with a group or as a solo project. Use it to create a space for reflection, community and celebration as you anticipate the…
Spiritual Resources
Advent activity: Reflection tree
This week’s Advent activity can be completed with a group or as a solo project. We hope it will help you create a space for reflection, community and celebration as…
Spiritual Resources
A hymn for Advent: “People, Look East” (ELW, 248)
Today, we pause to contemplate the words of the Advent hymn, “People, Look East” (Evangelical Lutheran Worship, 248; this version is by Marty Haugen). People, look east. The time is…
Faith in Action
Unexpected gifts
Focal verse “To you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will…
Voices of Faith
A holy gift
Editor’s note: This article originally ran Nov. 28, 2019. My mom’s death, in December 2013, took my feet out from under me. I couldn’t imagine a life without her. But…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Nov. 8
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…
Faith in Action
Saying goodbye
Focal verse “The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore” (Psalm 121:8). Reflection I remember that, as an elementary school student…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Oct. 28
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…
Faith in Action
An educator’s calling fulfilled
Before Tracy Davidson’s father died in July 2008, he gave her one piece of advice: Get close to God. Fifteen years later, Davidson is serving a congregation and surrounding community…
Faith in Action
Being neighbors
Focal verse “Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them” (Matthew 18:20). Reflection Last Halloween our family joined friends to go trick-or-treating. In our…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Sept. 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 life…