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Lectionary blog: A spirit of adoption

Lectionary blog for June 6, 2019 June 9: Pentecost Day Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:24-34; Romans 8:14-17; John 14:8-17 Pentecost is an under-celebrated holiday. I love Pentecost! God sent the permanent…

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Lectionary blog: Unity that undoes an empire

Lectionary blog for June 2, 2019 Acts 16:16-34; Psalm 97; Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21; John 17:20-26 I write these lectionaries about a month before they are posted so they can…

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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 petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…

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Lectionary blog: Mission outreach

Lectionary blog for May 26, 2019 Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 16:9-15; Psalm 67; Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5; John 5:1-9 This week’s lectionary texts are all about the uncontainable word, work…

The gifts of discipleship in <i>Avengers: Endgame</i>
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The gifts of discipleship in Avengers: Endgame

As the title suggests, Avengers: Endgame is a movie about endings. Not only does the film complete the story begun last year in Avengers: Infinity War, in which our heroes…

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Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: May 14

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…

Using the Bible in context
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Using the Bible in context

Editor’s note: In this five-part series, former ELCA Presiding Bishop Herbert Chilstrom examines the authority and interpretation of the Bible. Part one explored how we understand the Bible’s purpose and how…

The issue behind all issues
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The issue behind all issues

Editor’s note: In this five-part series, former ELCA Presiding Bishop Herbert Chilstrom examines the authority and interpretation of the Bible. Part two will explore how to use Scripture in context. One…

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Get up and go

In a lectionary reading for the third Sunday of Easter, Saul has a life-altering encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-6, [7-20]). Light from heaven shines down,…

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Lectionary blog: Of sheep and the Shepherd

Lectionary blog for May 12, 2019 Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 9:36-43; Psalm 23; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30 Shepherds are some of the most frequently depicted figures in the Bible….