Prayer ventures: Dec. 27
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Dec. 27

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

Prayer ventures: Dec. 26
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Dec. 26

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

Prayer ventures: Dec. 25
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Dec. 25

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

Prayer ventures: Dec. 24
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Dec. 24

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

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From The Presiding Bishop (Spanish)

Esperando con esperanza

¡Voy a hacer algo nuevo! Ya está sucediendo, ¿no se dan cuenta? (Isaías 43:19). ¿Qué significa aguardar con esperanza? Los próximos meses estarán llenos de gran esperanza. Tenemos la esperanza del…

Prayer ventures: Dec. 23
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Dec. 23

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

Prayer ventures: Dec. 22
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Dec. 22

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

The stories are still relevant
Lectionary Blog

The stories are still relevant

Lectionary blog for December 28 First Sunday of Christmas Isaiah 63:7-9; Psalm 148; Hebrews 2:10-18; Matthew 2:13-23 My “side hustle” is sometimes teaching Hebrew Bible classes at ELCA seminaries. One…

Study guide for “The honesty of Ash Wednesday”
Spiritual Resources

Study guide for “The honesty of Ash Wednesday”

“One blustery Ash Wednesday, some pastor colleagues and I went downtown to distribute ‘ashes on the go.’ We spread on sidewalks that ran along towering office buildings and bustling restaurants,…

Study guide for “Innovations in rural ministry”
Spiritual Resources

Study guide for “Innovations in rural ministry”

Innovation is in bloom across the rural reaches of the ELCA, and perhaps nothing exemplifies that better than a new food ministry in Iowa. The Western Iowa Synod calls it…

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 daily 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 daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…