Lectionary blog: God loves us anyway
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: God loves us anyway

Lectionary blog for Sept. 11 Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Exodus 32:7-14; Psalm 51:1-10; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-10 “Is God a grown-up or a parent?” Writing in the Catholic Digest,…

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Prayer Ventures

September 4

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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Prayer Ventures

September 3

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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Prayer Ventures

September 2

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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Prayer Ventures

September 1

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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Prayer Ventures

August 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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Prayer Ventures

August 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…

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From The Presiding Bishop

How will people know?

On Wednesday, Aug. 10, the voting members of the 2016 ELCA Churchwide Assembly received the document “Declaration on the Way.” More than 99 percent of us affirmed this significant ecumenical…

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Prayer Ventures

August 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…

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Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: The cost of discipleship

Lectionary blog for Sept. 4 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Psalm 1; Philemon 1-21; Luke 14:25-33 I grew up attending a congregation somewhat loosely affiliated with the Southern Baptist…

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Spiritual Resources

Media in ministry: Go social

The traditional model of a sermon is set up perfectly for auditory learners—those who learn best by hearing information. But some people learn better by moving and touching (kinesthetic learners)…