Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life as together we pray for the needs…
Three years ago, as many congregations were rebuilding after the pandemic, things at First Lutheran in Ketchikan, Alaska, were falling apart. The first issue was the church building, which was…
Lectionary for March 16, 2025 Second week of Lent Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Psalm 27; Philippians 3:17–4:1; Luke 13:31-35 I don’t like to get partisan, because it seems like it generates…
Lectionary blog for March 9, 2025 First Sunday in Lent Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16; Romans 10:8b-13; Luke 4:1-13 My father-in-law just retired, and we hosted a banquet to celebrate…
Chief operating officer, Niron Magnetics Bethel Lutheran Church, Northfield, Minn. My wife, Claire, and I connected with Bethel when we moved to Northfield from Minneapolis in 2001. I was the…
When Katrina Foster first stepped inside St. John Lutheran Church in New York City, she felt a sense of awe. This towering, neo-Gothic building in Brooklyn, a marvel of the…
Lectionary for March 2, 2025 Transfiguration of our Lord Last Sunday after Epiphany Exodus 34:29-35; Psalm 99; 2 Corinthians 3:12–4:2; Luke 9:28-36 Do you have a garment that makes you…
Lectionary for Feb. 23, 2025 Seventh Sunday after Epiphany Genesis 43:3-11, 15; Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40; 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50; Luke 6:27-38 My kiddos watch a lot of Star Wars and…
Lectionary for Feb. 16, 2025 Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Jeremiah 17:5-10; Psalm 1; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20; Luke 6:17-26 One thing my wife absolutely does not tolerate in our home is…
Lectionary for Feb. 9, 2025 Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 138; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11 Immanuel Kant once said, “Out of timber so crooked as that from…
Lectionary for Jan. 26, 2025 Third Sunday after Epiphany Nehemiah 8:1-11; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a; Luke 4:14-21 Have you ever had to tell someone that what they just heard…
Nuestro Casa para Todos—which means “Our House for All”—is a new ELCA ministry serving students and neighbors of the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras. In March 2023, Nuestro…
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