Study guide: Religion—good for our health and well-being
Spiritual Resources

Study guide: Religion—good for our health and well-being

Studies show that people who attend church live longer, live more healthfully and have greater enjoyment. What’s the secret? Is it the healing power of God, the enriching community or…
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Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Shattering the cycle of fear

Lectionary blog for June 5 Third Sunday after Pentecost 1 Kings 17:17-24; Psalm 30; Galatians 1:11-24; Luke 7:11-17 My grandfather, Reid Chilton, was a great storyteller in the old Appalachian…
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Spiritual Resources

Deeper understandings

Series editor’s note: To gain deeper understandings about Christian vocation, I turned to the deans of our ELCA seminaries for theological and personal reflections on their callings. All were able…
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Spiritual Resources

Media in ministry: Highly recommended

Looking for creative ideas for your congregation to lift up God’s glorious creation this Earth Day (April 22)? Consider the Bible study Caring for Creation from Creative Communications for the…
Lectionary blog: The 3-in-1 mystery
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: The 3-in-1 mystery

Lectionary blog for May 22 The Holy Trinity – First Sunday after Pentecost Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-25 About 20 years ago I served a church…
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Prayer Ventures

May 15

Everyday, 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…
Religion and radio
Faith in Action

Religion and radio

Jason DeRose has known he wanted to be a journalist since the sixth grade, so he was as surprised as anyone to find himself at the University of Chicago earning…