Jumping into God’s grace
Faith in Action

Jumping into God’s grace

At the beginning of last summer, my kids took a week’s worth of swim lessons. On the first day I watched them stand behind the other children on the pool…

Prayer ventures: July 7
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 7

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…

Prayer ventures: July 6
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 6

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…

Prayer ventures: July 5
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 5

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: Royal overconfidence and the Spirit
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Royal overconfidence and the Spirit

Lectionary blog for July 11, 2021 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost 2 Samuel 6; Psalm 24 Ephesians 1:3-14; Mark 6:14-29 This week’s lectionary readings tell the story of two very different…

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Voices of Faith

Look toward the light

Editor’s note: This article originally ran on July 3, 2020.  “Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father…

Prayer ventures: July 1
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: July 1

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…

Prayer ventures: June 30
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: June 30

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…

Perspective: Have we been keeping Jesus’ greatest commandment?
Voices of Faith

Perspective: Have we been keeping Jesus’ greatest commandment?

When I was 12 years old, my father came home from a church council meeting a bit disheveled. The church members were torn, he told me, over allowing same-sex marriages…

Prayer ventures: June 29
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: June 29

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…

Good hope road
Voices of Faith

Good hope road

Siblings in the faith, I have a confession to make. I have no sense of direction. Zero. I can get lost anytime, anywhere. During my teenage years, my father promised…