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…
We all know the major festivals of our church, right? Christmas and Easter. They are the two major festivals of the ELCA. But not so fast. What about the neglected…
Lectionary for May 28, 2023 Day of Pentecost Acts 2:1-21; Numbers 11:24-30; Psalm 104:24-34; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13; John 20:19-23 All too often we like our comfortable boundaries. We hang out…
Lectionary for Nov. 13, 2022 23rd Sunday after Pentecost Malachi 4:1-2; Psalm 98; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19 One of my favorite parts of studying the Bible is holding in…
Lectionary for Oct 30, 2022 21st Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 1:10-18; Psalm 32:1-7; 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12; Luke 19:1-10 I feel like Zacchaeus might be one of the most misunderstood…
Lectionary for Sept 25, 2022 16th Sunday after Pentecost Amos 6:1a, 4-7; Psalm 146; 1 Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31 The story of the rich man and Lazarus is a favorite…
Lectionary for July 17, 2022 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 18:1-10; Psalm 15; Colossians 1:15-28; Luke 10:38-42 I’m a bad host at dinner parties. I prepare the food so it’s…
Lectionary for July 10, 2022 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Deuteronomy 30:9-14; Psalm 25:1-10; Colossians 1:1-14; Luke 10:25-37 Recently a wise friend and spiritual director talked with me about her theology…
Lectionary for July 3, 2022 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 66:10-14; Psalm 66:1-9; Galatians 6:7-16; Luke 10:1-11 I don’t know about the rest of you, but these last couple 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…
Editor’s note: This piece originally ran on June 6, 2o19. Our June 2019 cover story, “Worship 101,” examined the “whats, whys and hows” of ELCA worship. We continued the story…
Lectionary for June 5, 2022 Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:24-34, 25b; Romans 8:14-17; John 14:8-17 Folks who have been reading this column for a while know that Pentecost is…
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