Bread as God’s presence
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Bread as God’s presence

Kendall Vanderslice is a professional baker, the founder of the educational nonprofit the Edible Theology Project and a 2018 James Beard Foundation national scholar. Her new book By Bread Alone:…

The body and the soul in <i>The Whale</i>
Voices of Faith

The body and the soul in The Whale

This review contains spoilers. So many conflicts in modern Christendom and the world at large revolve around the human body and our conduct toward it that one might reasonably look…

<i>Ant-Man</i> and God’s great love for the small ones
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Ant-Man and God’s great love for the small ones

Ant-Man doesn’t sweat the small stuff. Even when he’s trapped in a prison cell in the mysterious other world known as the Quantum Realm, staring down his purple-and-green-suited captor, Kang…

Prayer ventures: Feb. 12
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Feb. 12

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 as together…

The spiritual work of trusting our bodies
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The spiritual work of trusting our bodies

When Ellie Roscher was 13 years old, she dreamed of becoming a gymnastics star. The night before a big meet, a tumbling accident sent her to the emergency room, a…

Bishop Bos issues pastoral letter in response to Monterey Park shooting
Faith in Action

Bishop Bos issues pastoral letter in response to Monterey Park shooting

Brenda Bos, bishop of the ELCA Southwest California Synod, has released the following pastoral letter in response to the Jan. 21 shooting in Monterey Park, Calif. It is offered in…

Study guide for “Made good by God’s love”
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Study guide for “Made good by God’s love”

For many people, the point of dieting is to achieve self-esteem and self-satisfaction by living up to our culture’s arbitrary standards of health and beauty. In this way, it’s not…

Caring about the little things in the films of 2022
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Caring about the little things in the films of 2022

(There are some spoilers for the film The Banshees of Inisherin ahead.) Colm Doherty cares about important things. A lifelong resident of the fictional Irish island Inisherin, Colm has spent his…