Prayer ventures: Feb. 23
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Feb. 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…

The holiness of simply being
Spiritual Resources

The holiness of simply being

In part one of this interview, Living Lutheran spoke with Rachel Young Binter about how embodied spiritual practices inform her work as pastor of the Corner House, the Lutheran campus…

Lectionary blog: On victory
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: On victory

Lectionary for Feb. 25, 2024 Second Sunday in Lent Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Psalm 22:23-31; Romans 4:13-25; Mark 8:31-38 I’ve never heard the word “victory” used so much in one talk….

Ministry that honors the body
Spiritual Resources

Ministry that honors the body

Rachel Young Binter is pastor of the Corner House, the Lutheran campus ministry of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. She’s also a therapeutic yoga instructor, Reiki practitioner and meditation guide. Living…

Prayer ventures: Feb. 6
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Feb. 6

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: Confused disciples and white robes
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Confused disciples and white robes

Lectionary for Feb. 11, 2024 Transfiguration of Our Lord Last Sunday after Epiphany 2 Kings 2:1-12; Psalm 50:1-6; 2 Corinthians 4:3-6; Mark 9:2-9 Almost a decade ago I nervously walked…

Living as a sacrifice in the movies of 2023
Voices of Faith

Living as a sacrifice in the movies of 2023

Kōichi Shikishima doesn’t recognize his hometown. When he left his Tokyo neighborhood to fight in World War II, promises of victory and glory filled him. He returned to ruins and…

Theology that matters
Voices of Faith

Theology that matters

As a theologian and the president of Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa, I’m delighted to introduce the 2024 edition of Living Lutheran’s long-running column “Deeper understandings” on behalf of…

Prayer ventures: Jan. 30
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Jan. 30

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: “Have you not heard?”
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: “Have you not heard?”

Lectionary for Feb. 4, 2023 Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Isaiah 40:21-31; Psalm 147:1-11, 20c; 1 Corinthians 9:16-23; Mark 1:29-39 One of my favorite features of the New Testament is the…