August contemplations part four
Spiritual Resources

August contemplations part four

Every Tuesday in August, ELCA pastors and leaders are sharing contemplative prompts for reflection and meditation. Today, Kelsey Brown, pastor developer of Jehu’s Table and a board member of Extraordinary…

Lectionary blog: Character whiplash
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Character whiplash

Lectionary for Sept. 3, 2023 14th Sunday after Pentecost Jeremiah 15:15-21; Psalm 26:1-8; Romans 12:9-21; Matthew 16:21-28 Have you ever watched a movie or read a book and felt shocked…

Prayer ventures: Aug. 27
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 27

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: Dependable rocks
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Dependable rocks

Lectionary for Aug. 27, 2023 13th Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 51:1-6; Psalm 138; Romans 12:1-8; Matthew 16:13-20 Not long ago I reflected a bit with my therapist on a recent…

What’s (human) love got to do with it?
Voices of Faith

What’s (human) love got to do with it?

Series editor’s note:  Throughout 2023, “Deeper understandings” will feature biblical scholars reflecting on one of the books of the Old Testament. Rachel Wrenn will continue this theme in the next…

Prayer ventures: Aug. 16
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 16

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…

August Contemplations part two
Spiritual Resources

August Contemplations part two

Every Tuesday in August, ELCA pastors and leaders are sharing contemplative prompts for reflection and meditation. Today Andrew “Drew” Tucker, executive director of HopeWood Outdoors in Westerville, Ohio, shares his…

Lectionary blog: Unity in “foreignness”
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Unity in “foreignness”

Lectionary for Aug 20, 2023 12th Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 56:1, 6-8; Psalm 67; Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32; Matthew 15:[10-20] 21-28 For my partner’s birthday we attended a conference for Black…

Prayer ventures: Aug. 13
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 13

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: Responding to fatigue
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Responding to fatigue

Lectionary for Aug 13, 2023 11th Sunday after Pentecost 1 Kings 19:9-18; Psalm 85:8-13; Romans 10:5-15; Matthew 14:22-33 If you’ve flown in the past several decades, you’ve heard the flight…