Lectionary blog: Breaking barriers
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Breaking barriers

Lectionary blog for May 31, 2020 Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:24-34; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13; John 20:19-23 Pentecost is my second favorite holiday. I think it often gets lost between…

Prayer ventures: May 24
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: May 24

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

Lectionary blog: Praying for unity
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Praying for unity

Lectionary blog for May 24, 2020 Seventh Sunday of Easter Acts 1:6-14; Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35; 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11; John 17:1-11 I just don’t know what the future is going…

Prayer ventures: May 17
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: May 17

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

Prayer ventures: May 13
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: May 13

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

Lectionary blog: God abides with us
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: God abides with us

Lectionary blog for May 17, 2020 Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 17:22-31; Psalm 66:8-20; 1 Peter 3:13-22; John 14:15-21 During this time of social isolation (as I write this, who…

Prayer ventures: May 10
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: May 10

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

God or mother? Both
Living Faithfully

God or mother? Both

For a long time I was pleasantly indifferent to the ubiquitous metaphor of God as our parent (usually as father). I was raised by two loving parents who did not…

My take: Be still
Voices of Faith

My take: Be still

By nature, I’m not a still person. My brain clicks on moments before I’m fully awake, making plans, forming judgments and coming up with ideas. It continues to do so…

Talking through Scripture together
Spiritual Resources

Talking through Scripture together

At its 2019 assembly, the Delaware-Maryland Synod set a goal of having everyone in its congregations regularly engaged in reading Scripture over the next year. To encourage members toward this…

Prayer ventures: May 5
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: May 5

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