Prayer ventures: Sept. 12
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Sept. 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…

Remember and anticipate
Faith in Action

Remember and anticipate

A new school year has begun. New teachers, new schedules, new routines and rhythms. This is an exciting time, but it can be difficult, and not just for students. All…

Prayer ventures: Sept. 6
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Sept. 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: God’s invitation to discomfort
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: God’s invitation to discomfort

Lectionary for Sept. 11, 2022 14th Sunday after Pentecost Exodus 32:7-14; Psalm 51:1-10; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-10 Once again, in this time after Pentecost, the lectionary passages build upon…

Prayer ventures: Sept. 4
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Sept. 4

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…

Back to basics
Faith in Action

Back to basics

Focal verse “Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing” (1 Thessalonians 5:11). Reflection As I write this note, my daughter will begin second…

Prayer ventures: Aug. 30
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 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: Costs and living with them
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Costs and living with them

Lectionary blog for Sept 4, 2022 13th Sunday After Pentecost Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Psalm 1; Philemon 1-21; Luke 14:25-33 Let’s be honest, this week’s Gospel reading is a tough one. We…

Prayer ventures: Aug. 26
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 26

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…

Jesus’ holistic healing ministry
Voices of Faith

Jesus’ holistic healing ministry

Series editor’s note:  Throughout 2022,  “Deeper understandings” will feature biblical scholars sharing some of their favorite books of the Bible. In September, I will feature Martin Luther’s translation of the…

Lectionary blog: Rising up and lowering down
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Rising up and lowering down

Lectionary for Aug. 28, 2022 12th Sunday after Pentecost Proverbs 25:6-7; Psalm 112; Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16; Luke 14:1, 7-14 One of the recurring themes of the Gospels—indeed, all of Scripture—is…