Being neighbors
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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: Sept. 26
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…
1517 Media receives Lilly Endowment grant
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1517 Media receives Lilly Endowment grant

1517 Media was recently awarded $1.25 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Nurturing Children Through Worship and Prayer Initiative. This grant will support the development of a new multi-year…
Micro-spiritual practice with kids
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Micro-spiritual practice with kids

In the fall, school accelerates the speed of parenting life. I can easily be overwhelmed. My spiritual practice evaporates, and I feel as if life is happening to me. In…
Nature and nurture
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Nature and nurture

At First Lutheran Preschool’s outdoor classroom in Ellicott City, Md., God’s creation guides the curriculum. In Houston, the divine enters into daily activities at Zion Lutheran Preschool. As these ELCA…
An inviting faith
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An inviting faith

Focal verse “He has told you, O mortal, what is good, and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk…
Cultivating wonder
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Cultivating wonder

Focal verse “Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them. Full of honor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures forever” (Psalm…
Have an ordinary summer
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Have an ordinary summer

There comes a point every summer when I realize we aren’t going to complete everything on our summer bucket list. I have big dreams in May (I’ve made lists on…
Summer faith
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Summer faith

Focal verse Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when…
Taking the long view
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Taking the long view

Three Advents ago, in a sermon on the incarnation, Phyllis Blair Milton noted how children’s images of God develop as their thinking grows more sophisticated. “When … children are asked,…
Prayer ventures: June 18
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: June 18

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…
Come and rest
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Come and rest

Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while (Mark 6:31). My mother recently said she needed some rest. I didn’t exactly understand why—she’s retired and…