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Stay in the game

Focal verse “Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord because you know that in the Lord your labor is not…

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…

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

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…

Voices of Faith

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

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

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…

Voices of Faith

Juneteenth: We will breathe

Editor’s note: This post was originally published on the ELCA Racial Justice blog on June 19, 2020. Juneteenth commemorates a day when my ancestors could breath a little more freely. On June…

Voices of Faith

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

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

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

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…