Prayer ventures: Sept. 14
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Sept. 14

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

Prayer ventures: Sept. 12
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Sept. 12

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

ELCA congregations participate in annual day of service
Faith in Action

ELCA congregations participate in annual day of service

On Sunday, Sept. 13, the ELCA will observe “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday. Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, ELCA members will mark the annual day of service…

The ritual of everyday prayers
Faith in Action

The ritual of everyday prayers

Like many new parents, I constantly heard the refrain “They grow up so fast” when my children were babies. Parents say this, of course, because it’s true. In the blink…

Prayer ventures: Sept. 8
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Sept. 8

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

Lectionary blog: Love conquers sin (Part 2)
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Love conquers sin (Part 2)

Lectionary blog for Sept. 13, 2020 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 50:15-21; Psalm 103:8-13; Romans 14:1-12; Matthew 18:21-35 Last week we discussed Jesus’ teaching on loving folks who hurt other…

ELCA presiding bishop Elizabeth Eaton issues Labor Day message
Faith in Action

ELCA presiding bishop Elizabeth Eaton issues Labor Day message

ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has issued a Labor Day message on the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic “has revealed the heroics and faithfulness of the many we now know…

Prayer ventures: Sept. 3
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Sept. 3

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

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Holy discomfort

In the Gospel readings for September, Jesus describes the kingdom of heaven through parables and in conversations with his disciples. The kingdom of heaven is where perfect justice flows. It’s…

Prayer ventures: Aug. 30
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 30

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

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Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 29

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

The spirituality of natural burials
Spiritual Resources

The spirituality of natural burials

When their father died suddenly from pancreatic cancer in 1981, Rodger Ericson and his brother scrambled to make arrangements with an out-of-state funeral home. While the funeral came together quickly,…