My 8-year-old daughter recently started horseback riding lessons. One afternoon I walked behind on her trail ride. Earlier that morning, I’d lost my patience with the kids while getting ready…
Focal verse “Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act” (Psalm 37:5). Reflection Next to my armchair sits a wicker basket that holds books and…
Lectionary for May 7, 2023 Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 7:55-60; Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16; 1 Peter 2:2-10; John 14:1-14 We all have different metaphors for God. For me, God’s kingship…
Jesus’ resurrection was an incredible moment. It transformed our lives, our world and eternity. And no one saw it. The story we read in the Gospels every Easter tells us…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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”…
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…
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