Prayer ventures: Aug. 20
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 20

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…

Evolving leadership
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Evolving leadership

As he enters the office of bishop of the Northwest Synod of Wisconsin, Martin Halom sees a changing church in a changing world. But, he said, “leadership may be evolving…

Prayer ventures: Aug. 16
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 16

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…

Prayer ventures: Aug. 14
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 14

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 blog: On “getting it” or not
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: On “getting it” or not

Lectionary for Aug. 18, 2024 13th Sunday after Pentecost 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14; Psalm 111; Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58 Teaching is a profoundly humbling process. I can prepare my notes,…

Prayer ventures: Aug. 12
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 12

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…

Down-to-earth leadership
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Down-to-earth leadership

Timothy Graham didn’t plan on becoming a bishop. “I knew my name would be lifted up, but I didn’t have any expectations,” said Graham, who serves as a pastor of…

Three as one
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Three as one

Decades before “teams” were popular in the workplace, a highly unusual one comprising three co-pastors was going strong at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Olympia, Wash. Between 1977…

Lectionary blog: Please recognize the anointed
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Please recognize the anointed

Lectionary for Aug. 11, 2024 12th Sunday after Pentecost 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33; Psalm 130; Ephesians 4:25–5:2; John 6:35, 41-51 One of my favorite stories from Scripture is that…

Prayer ventures: July 31
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 31

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…

Lectionary blog: On appetites
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: On appetites

Lectionary for Aug 4, 2024 11th Sunday after Pentecost 2 Samuel 11:26–12:13a; Psalm 51:1-12; Ephesians 4:1-16; John 6:24-35 I’m just getting to the age where drastic steps are needed if…