June 5
Prayer Ventures

June 5

Everyday, 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 own…
Religion—good for our health and well-being
Spiritual Resources

Religion—good for our health and well-being

Religion’s necessity and relevance is up for grabs more than ever with the religiously unaffiliated (“nones”) now the second largest religious demographic in North America. According to National Geographic, U.S….
Study guide: Religion—good for our health and well-being
Spiritual Resources

Study guide: Religion—good for our health and well-being

Studies show that people who attend church live longer, live more healthfully and have greater enjoyment. What’s the secret? Is it the healing power of God, the enriching community or…
I’m a Lutheran: Rick Steves
Voices of Faith

I’m a Lutheran: Rick Steves

“I’m a Lutheran” is a monthly profile featuring ELCA members around the world. The profiles showcase ELCA members in all their diversity, connecting one another through individual faith stories as…
From persecution to witness
From The Presiding Bishop

From persecution to witness

For many months now people have been asking for some kind of statement about the persecution of Christians around the world. It seems to be a straight-forward issue. Christians are…
May 31
Prayer Ventures

May 31

Everyday, 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 own…
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Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Shattering the cycle of fear

Lectionary blog for June 5 Third Sunday after Pentecost 1 Kings 17:17-24; Psalm 30; Galatians 1:11-24; Luke 7:11-17 My grandfather, Reid Chilton, was a great storyteller in the old Appalachian…
Psalmist or physicist?
Faith in Action

Psalmist or physicist?

You could consider Steve Nahn a modern-day psalmist. David, the writer of Psalm 8, pondered with wonder: “When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon…
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Prayer Ventures

May 29

Everyday, 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 own…
A hands-on approach to evangelism
Faith in Action

A hands-on approach to evangelism

Frances Blatchley remembers as a child pretending she was a nurse. “It was all I ever wanted to be from the time I was little,” she said. “My poor mother…