Prayer ventures: July 25
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 25

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: Open hands toward God and neighbor
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Open hands toward God and neighbor

Lectionary for July 31, 2022 Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14, 2:18-23; Psalm 49:1-12; Colossians 3:1-11; Luke 12:13-21 Last week we talked about how God’s forgiveness was tied to…

Prayer ventures: July 22
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 22

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…

Biden visits Augusta Victoria Hospital
Faith in Action

Biden visits Augusta Victoria Hospital

President Joe Biden visited the Lutheran World Federation (LWF)-operated Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) in Jerusalem July 15 as part of a two-day presidential visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories….

Prayer ventures: July 19
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 19

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 loves bold requests
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: God loves bold requests

Lectionary for July 24, 2022 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 18:20-32; Psalm 138; Colossians 2:6-15; Luke 11:1-13 I have strong memories of growing up in churches, listening to the prayers…

Prayer ventures: July 17
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 17

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…

Prayer ventures: July 15
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 15

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: Time with God
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Time with God

Lectionary for July 17, 2022 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 18:1-10; Psalm 15; Colossians 1:15-28; Luke 10:38-42 I’m a bad host at dinner parties. I prepare the food so it’s…

The good Samaritan
From The Presiding Bishop

The good Samaritan

I have been thinking a lot about the parable of the good Samaritan lately (Luke 10:25-37). Parts of it are so familiar—the unfortunate victim, the robbers, the priest, the Levite,…

Prayer ventures: July 8
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 8

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…