Prayer ventures: July 3
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 3

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…

[Video] The legacy of Jürgen Moltmann
Voices of Faith

[Video] The legacy of Jürgen Moltmann

Kristin Johnston Largen, president of Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, shares about the impact of theologian Jürgen Moltmann on her own spiritual outlook. Moltmann, a professor of systematic theology at…

Lectionary blog: Necessary welcome
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Necessary welcome

Lectionary for July 7, 2024 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10; Psalm 48; 2 Corinthians 12:2-10; Mark 6:1-13 “All are welcome” proclaim the signs above the entrances to…

Practicing acts of micro-kindness
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Practicing acts of micro-kindness

Series editor’s note: Throughout 2024, “Deeper understandings” will feature teaching scholars of the ELCA reflecting on the many ways that Lutheran theology makes a difference for our daily lives. —Kristin Johnston Largen,…

Lectionary blog: Healing two daughters
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Healing two daughters

Lectionary for June 30, 2024 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27; Psalm 130; 2 Corinthians 8:7-15; Mark 5:21-43 This week in the lectionary I was turned on to…

Prayer ventures: June 23
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: June 23

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…

On Martin Luther and horror movies
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On Martin Luther and horror movies

I was 4 years old when I saw my first horror movie. My parents loved to go to the movies, and this was the 1980s, when Freddie Kreuger, Michael Myers…

Lectionary blog: Calming storms
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Calming storms

Lectionary for June 23, 2023 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost 1 Samuel 17:32-49; Psalm 9:9-20; 2 Corinthians 6:1-13; Mark 4:35-41 In May a tornado hit our town. My wife’s friends lost…

Prayer ventures: June 12
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: June 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…

Lectionary blog: Confounding expectations
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Confounding expectations

Lectionary for June 16, 2024 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost 1 Samuel 15:34–16:13; Psalm 20; 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, 14-17; Mark 4:26-34 One of my favorite dad hacks when I need to…

Prayer ventures: June 9
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: June 9

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…