My take: Letter to a stranger
Voices of Faith

My take: Letter to a stranger

“My dear brothers and sisters, we are already one. But we imagine we are not. And what we have to recover is our original unity. What we have to be…
Bishop Eaton issues statement on Gaza hospital attack
Faith in Action

Bishop Eaton issues statement on Gaza hospital attack

Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a statement on last week’s attack in Gaza on the Al Alhi Hospital. The hospital is a partner of the…
Lectionary blog: The relationship of heaven
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: The relationship of heaven

Lectionary for June 15, 2025 Holy Trinity Sunday First Sunday after Pentecost Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15 I can’t remember the first time I heard about…
Lectionary blog: Speaking one word
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Speaking one word

Lectionary for June 8, 2025 Day of Pentecost Genesis 11:1-9; Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; Romans 8:14-17; John 14:8-17 Last week we talked about a supernatural unity of Christians across…
Prayer ventures: June 1
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: June 1

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…
It’s up to us
Voices of Faith

It’s up to us

In Europe, religious holidays are national holidays, and people get the day off. A few years ago, while living in Germany, I was on my way to an Ascension Day…
Prayer ventures: May 28
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: May 28

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…
Lectionary blog: So that the world may know
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: So that the world may know

Lectionary for June 1, 2025 Seventh Sunday of Easter Acts 16:16-34; Psalm 97; Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21; John 17:20-26 Pope Leo XIV was just elected as I write this reflection….
Prayer ventures: May 25
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: May 25

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…
Bishop Eaton issues statement on shooting of Israeli Embassy staff
Faith in Action

Bishop Eaton issues statement on shooting of Israeli Embassy staff

Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a statement on the deadly shooting of two Israeli Embassy staff outside an event in Washington, D.C. “This is yet another…
Lectionary blog: An anti-Nationalist Gospel (and Bible)
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: An anti-Nationalist Gospel (and Bible)

Lectionary for May 25, 2025 Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 16:9-15; Psalm 67; Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5; John 14:23-29 I, and countless others, have said it many times before: Christians are…