Study guide: Form a faithful foundation
Spiritual Resources

Study guide: Form a faithful foundation

Lutheranism provides great recipes for faith formation, such as the baptismal affirmation found in Evangelical Lutheran Worship (page 236)—to live, hear, proclaim, serve and strive. Like the recipes we use…

Prayer Ventures: December 31
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: December 31

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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Spiritual Resources

Study guide: Past experience not necessary

“Give a man a fish,” the old saying goes, “and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Congregations that…

Prayer Ventures: December 30
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: December 30

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…

Prayer Ventures: December 29
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: December 29

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…

Church speak
From The Presiding Bishop

Church speak

A colleague at the Lutheran Center related this story. An unchurched friend of hers was visiting and noticed her Advent calendar. “What is Advent?” she asked. A simple question. But…

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From The Presiding Bishop (Spanish)

La jerga de la iglesia

Una colega del Centro Luterano relató esta historia. Una amiga de ella que no asiste a ninguna iglesia vino a visitarla, y notó su calendario de Adviento. “¿Qué es el…

Prayer Ventures: December 28
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: December 28

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…

Prayer Ventures: December 27
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: December 27

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…

Prayer Ventures: December 26
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: December 26

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…

Prayer Ventures: December 25
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: December 25

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

Lectionary blog: What will we do with the gift?

Lectionary blog for Dec. 31 First Sunday After Christmas Isaiah 61:10-62:3; Psalm 148; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 2:22-40 We have been given a great gift, a gift from the heart of…