Lectionary blog: Repentance and joy
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Repentance and joy

Lectionary for Sept. 14, 2025 14th Sunday after Pentecost Exodus 32:7-14; Psalm 51:1-10; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-1 One of my favorite parenting practices that my partner introduced with our…

Lectionary blog: Counting the cost
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Counting the cost

Lectionary for Sept. 7, 2025 13th Sunday after Pentecost Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Psalm 1; Philemon 1-21; Luke 14:25-33 I love to write! The university where I work has a respected master’s…

Prayer ventures: Aug. 30
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 30

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

Prayer ventures: Aug. 29
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 29

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

Prayer ventures: Aug. 26
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 26

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

Lectionary blog: Exalting and humbling
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Exalting and humbling

Lectionary blog: Aug. 31, 2025 12th Sunday after Pentecost Proverbs 25:6-7; Psalm 112; Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16; Luke 14:1, 7-14 I’ve been working my way through Michael Rhodes’ book Formative Feasting:…

Prayer ventures: Aug. 20
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 20

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

Lectionary blog: Sabbath life
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Sabbath life

Lectionary for Aug. 24, 2025 11th Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 58:9b-14; Psalm 103:1-8; Hebrews 12:18-29; Luke 13:10-17 I co-teach a class at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in the ancestral…

A sacred space of deep conversation
Mission & Ministry

A sacred space of deep conversation

Editor’s note: This reflection is part of a series by chaplains in the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU) on the ways in which God is at work on…