Lectionary blog: On shame
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: On shame

Lectionary for July 27, 2025 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 18:20-32; Psalm 138; Colossians 2:6-15; Luke 11:1-13 While working out today, I listened to a podcast about how to be…

Cultivating love through community on campus
Mission & Ministry

Cultivating love through community on campus

Editor’s note: This reflection is part of a series by chaplains and campus ministry directors in the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU) on the ways in which God is…

God recalculates
Voices of Faith

God recalculates

Even in the days of GPS, I still sometimes get lost. I miss the cue from my phone’s directional app; I look for a sign that isn’t there. Suddenly, I’ve…

Lectionary blog: Acting as God’s friends
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Acting as God’s friends

Lectionary for July 20, 2025 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 18:1-10; Psalm 15; Colossians 1:15-28; Luke 10:38-42 It may seem that we are in a unique crisis in the 21st-century…

Prayer ventures: July 10
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 10

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

Lectionary blog: “Bearing fruit in every good work”
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: “Bearing fruit in every good work”

Lectionary for July 13, 2025 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Deuteronomy 30:9-14; Psalm 25:1-10; Colossians 1:1-14; Luke 10:25-3 One of my favorite Bible teachers led a class on biblical justice for…

Prayer ventures: July 7
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 7

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

A call to creative collaboration
Faith in Action

A call to creative collaboration

Elected on May 31 as the first woman bishop of the North Carolina Synod, Emily Hartner sees countless opportunities for the expressions of the ELCA to share their gifts with…

Prayer ventures: July 3
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 3

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

Prayer ventures: July 1
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 1

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

Our journey of faith together
Faith in Action

Our journey of faith together

In this year’s video for synod assemblies, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton reflects on seasons of ministry in our journey of faith together. She reminds us that God continues to raise…

Lectionary blog: Children of peace
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Children of peace

Lectionary for July 6, 2025 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 66:10-14; Psalm 66:1-9; Galatians 6:7-16; Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 I released a book earlier this year with Fortress Press about trauma…