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…
Camp for kids like them
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Camp for kids like them

In September 2020, Amelia Siewert was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes (T1-D). She was 6-1/2 years old. In the first couple weeks after her diagnosis, the child asked her mother…
A summer of faithful play
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A summer of faithful play

Focal verse: You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore (Psalm 16:11). Reflection My children never…
Join Moo-Moo’s club
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Join Moo-Moo’s club

As president of Luther Seminary, Robin Steinke has talked to plenty of dignitaries and religious leaders. But she’s never met anyone quite like the small, black-and-white spotted cow with a…
A motherless Mother’s Day
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A motherless Mother’s Day

I stopped going to Mother’s Day services after my mom died. When that second Sunday in May pops up on my calendar, I find something else to do, anything that…
Prayer ventures: May 14
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: May 14

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…
Grace for the parenting journey
Voices of Faith

Grace for the parenting journey

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…
A well-loved faith
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A well-loved faith

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…