Prayer ventures: Dec. 21.
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Dec. 21.

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 own prayer…

Prayer ventures: Dec. 20
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Dec. 20

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 own prayer…

Light of the world
Faith in Action

Light of the world

A few years ago, we received an early Christmas gift—a musical snowman with a carrot nose and a trumpet snug in his hands. It’s a decorative piece that connects to…

Prayer ventures: Dec. 16
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Dec. 16

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 own prayer…

Prayer ventures: Dec. 15
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Dec. 15

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 own prayer life…

What does “the reason for the season” really mean?
Voices of Faith

What does “the reason for the season” really mean?

When I worked at a department store over my winter breaks in college, I was often assigned to the holiday goods department: a swath of shelves and floor displays of…

Lectionary blog: On being planted and safe
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: On being planted and safe

Lectionary for Dec. 20, 2020 Fourth Sunday of Advent 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16; Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26; Romans 16:25-27; Luke 1:26-38 I don’t know about you, but I have felt a…

Expanding the idea of family
Faith in Action

Expanding the idea of family

When many people picture the holidays, their family comes to mind, even if it’s accompanied by commentary about having to tolerate certain members’ irritating qualities. And then there is the…

Living in Mary’s time
Voices of Faith

Living in Mary’s time

“My soul magnifies the Lord” (Luke 1:46) Timing is everything, but often the truth of this adage is seen only in hindsight. While we’re in the moment, the purpose of…

The beginning of good news
Voices of Faith

The beginning of good news

She was born full-term, 5 pounds. Her jaundiced head was too big, her eyes too wide, her appetite too small. Her mother knew something was wrong. After two weeks in…

Prayer ventures: Dec. 6
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Dec. 6

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 own prayer life…