Lectionary blog for Nov. 3, 2019 21st Sunday after Pentecost Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4; Psalm 119:137-144; 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12; Luke 19:1-10 As we celebrate Reformation Day this week, we think…
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 for Oct 27, 2019 20th Sunday after Pentecost Joel 2:23-32; Psalm 65; 2 Timothy 4:6-7, 16-18; Luke 18:9-14 Whenever I teach Bible for seminary classes, my primary goal…
Lectionary blog for Oct 20, 2019 19th Sunday after Pentecost Jeremiah 31:27-34; Psalm 119:97-104; 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5; Luke 18:1-8 I feel that among Christians the law gets a bad rap—especially…
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…
When our kids were young, they spent hours enjoying an ancient swingset—one of those heavy, iron operations that served several previous occupants of our house. When its front right corner…
In the opening scene of Ad Astra, astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) scales an antennalike tower that reaches into Earth’s upper atmosphere. With the cosmos above him and our planet…
Lectionary blog for Oct 13, 2019 18th Sunday after Pentecost Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7; Psalm 66:1-12; 2 Timothy 2:8-15; Luke 17:11-19 It seems like, in every moment, humans are especially divided….
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton and the Conference of Bishops of the ELCA have issued a letter to President Trump urging the administration to restore funding to Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) and…
People can joke about not understanding a foreign language by claiming, “It’s Greek to me!” Pastors, however, were required to learn New Testament Greek in seminary. Yet in the busy…
Lectionary blog for Oct. 6, 2019 17th Sunday after Pentecost Lamentations 1:1-6; Psalm 137; 2 Timothy 1:1-14; Luke 17:5-10 Suffering and mourning are unavoidable parts of being human—and of being…
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…
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