Prayer Ventures: November 24
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Prayer Ventures: November 24

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer Ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions are offered as a guide for your…
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Lectionary blog: Sharing what we’ve been given

Lectionary blog for Nov. 26 Christ the King/The Reign of Christ Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24; Psalm 95:1-7a; Ephesians 1:15-23; Matthew 25:31-46 A very important part of this story is that those…
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Lectionary blog: Called to act

Lectionary blog for Nov. 19 Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18; Psalm 90:1-12; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11; Matthew 25:14-30 Jesus calls us to leave our fear behind and give ourselves…
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Lectionary blog: Good news or bad?

Lectionary blog for Nov. 12 Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost Amos 5:18-24; Psalm 70; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13 The Christian life burns brightest when one comes to an awareness of…
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Lectionary blog: The past is in the present

Lectionary blog for Nov. 5 All Saints Sunday Revelation 7:9-17; Psalm 34:1-10, 22; 1 John 3:1-13; Matthew 5:1-12 All Saints is a reminder that, as important as the future is,…
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Lectionary blog: On the shoulders of giants

Lectionary blog for Oct. 29 Reformation Sunday Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 46; Romans 3:19-28; John 8:31-36 Reformation Sunday is indeed a time to celebrate. It is also a time to remember…
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Lectionary blog: The ultimate, not the penultimate

Lectionary blog for Oct. 22 Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 45:1-7; Psalm 96:1-9 (10-13); 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10; Matthew 22:15-22 Although we often use it as a launching pad for discussions…
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Lectionary blog: Invited through grace, but …

Lectionary blog for Oct. 15 Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 25:1-9; Psalm 23; Philippians 4:1-9; Matthew 22:1-14 In his book Marry a Pregnant Virgin, Frank Honeycutt says that a Bible…
Lectionary blog: Are we bearing ‘good fruit’?
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Lectionary blog: Are we bearing ‘good fruit’?

Lectionary blog for Oct. 8 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80:7-15; Philippians 3:4b-14; Matthew 21:33-46 In Isaiah, God says, “I cleared the land, I planted the grapes, I…
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Lectionary blog: Saying ‘yes’ and living ‘no’

Lectionary blog for Oct. 1 Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32; Psalm 25:1-9; Philippians 25:19; Matthew 21:23-32 Sometimes, some people, particularly some people on some finance committees or congregation…
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Lectionary blog: ‘That’s not right! That’s not fair!’

Lectionary blog for Sept. 24 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Jonah 3:10-4:11; Psalm 145:1-8; Philippians 1:21-30; Matthew 20:1-16 Whenever a text begins with words like “therefore” or “but” or “nevertheless” or,…
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Lectionary blog: ‘As we forgive those …’

Lectionary blog for Sept. 17 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 50:15-21; Psalm 103:(1-7), 8-13; Romans 14:1-12; Matthew 18:21-35 A few years ago, I heard about an article in the Oakland…