Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life as together…
Hayden Gruenberg never expected that attending the ELCA Youth Gathering would give her a clearer sense of her career path. But after making connections there, she’s pursuing a vocation in…
Lectionary for Oct. 27, 2024 23rd Sunday after Pentecost Job 42:1-6, 10-17; Psalm 34:1-8 [19-22]; Hebrews 7:23-38; Mark 10:46-52 Lately I’ve been reading the Bible on a different schedule outside…
Starr Edwards traveled a troubled road that led to incarceration. But aided by an Alexandria, Va.-based nonprofit and a neighboring ELCA congregation, she’s now on a path filled with possibility….
For a congregation in Wisconsin, a grant helped transform a school into a community center focused on children. In Colorado, seed money allowed a congregation to expand their weekly family…
Lectionary for Oct. 20, 2024 22nd Sunday after Pentecost Job 38:1-7 [34-41]; Psalm 104:1-9, 24-35b; Hebrews 5:1-10; Mark 10:35-45 The Indiana-Kentucky Synod has a new bishop, Tim Graham. As a…
Lectionary for Oct. 13, 2024 21st Sunday after Pentecost Job 23:1-9, 16-17; Psalm 22:1-15; Hebrews 4:12-16; Mark 10:17-31 Numbers is my favorite book in the Bible because it’s all about…
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life as together…
Lectionary for Oct. 6, 2024 20th Sunday after Pentecost Job 1:1, 2:1-10; Psalm 26; Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12; Mark 10:2-16 As I’ve drifted around different parts of the body of Christ…
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life as together…
Collecting. Preparing. Assembling. Packing. Donating. Signing. These are just a few words that describe how congregations served and loved their neighbors on “God’s work. Our hands” Sunday, the ELCA’s day…
Lectionary for Sept. 29, 2024 19th Sunday after Pentecost Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22; Psalm 124; James 5:13-20; Mark 9:38-50 My wife, Sarah Driver, is a justice trainer for congregations and…
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