Bells are ringing, we are waiting
Spiritual Resources

Bells are ringing, we are waiting

Editor’s note: This is the second post in a four-part series on objects from church that shed light on the spiritual practice of waiting this Advent.     By the…

Prayer Ventures: December 7
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: December 7

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 6
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: December 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…

Prayer Ventures: December 5
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: December 5

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…

Lectionary blog: Waiting can be hard
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Waiting can be hard

Lectionary blog for Dec. 10 Second Sunday of Advent Isaiah 40:1-11; Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13; 2 Peter 3:8-15a; Mark 1:1-8 The season of Advent is about waiting. Waiting for God to…

Prayer Ventures: December 4
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: December 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…

Prayer Ventures: December 3
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: December 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…

Prayer Ventures: December 2
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: December 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…

Disengage the autopilot
From The Presiding Bishop

Disengage the autopilot

I was driving to work one day thinking about my schedule—the meetings I needed to attend, reports I needed to finish, preparations still to be completed for upcoming travel, email…

Prayer Ventures: December 1
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: December 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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From The Presiding Bishop (Spanish)

Desactive el piloto automático

Un día iba manejando rumbo a mi trabajo, pensando en mi horario—las reuniones a las que tenía que asistir, los informes que debía terminar, preparaciones para un próximo viaje que…

Study guide: Stepping up to stop stigma
Study Guides

Study guide: Stepping up to stop stigma

In the three-and-a-half decades that our nation has been grappling with HIV and AIDS, we have much to celebrate. Health education and prevention have reduced the incidence of infection dramatically…