Prayer ventures: Oct. 6
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Oct. 6

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: Welcoming the “wrong praise”
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Welcoming the “wrong praise”

Lectionary blog for Oct. 12, 2025 18th Sunday after Pentecost 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c; Psalm 111; 2 Timothy 2:8-15; Luke 17:11-19 Have you ever felt uncomfortable in church because of…

Prayer ventures: Oct. 1
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Oct. 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…

Lectionary blog: Increase our faith(fulness)
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Increase our faith(fulness)

Lectionary blog for Oct. 5, 2025 17th Sunday after Pentecost Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4; Psalm 37:1-9; 2 Timothy 1:1-14; Luke 17:5-10 I recently served as an interim pastor for a delightful…

Prayer ventures: Sept. 29
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Sept. 29

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…

I’m a Lutheran: Kathy Lueders
Voices of Faith

I’m a Lutheran: Kathy Lueders

Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Cocoa Beach, Fla. Retired NASA associate administrator of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate; SpaceX Starbase general manager In 2015, our family moved from Merritt…

Faith in action: The social teachings of this church
Theology & Beliefs

Faith in action: The social teachings of this church

Series editor’s note: In 2025, “Deeper understandings” is focusing on the ELCA social statements. We hope to reintroduce them to readers as a means of provoking fruitful, enriching conversation between…

From grief to faith
Mission & Ministry

From grief to faith

Editor’s note: This reflection is part of a series by chaplains in the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU) on the ways in which God is at work on NECU campuses. The hardship of…

Lectionary blog: Dangerous wealth
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Dangerous wealth

Lectionary for Sept. 28, 2025 16th Sunday after Pentecost Amos 6:1a, 4-7; Psalm 146; 1 Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31 When I was growing up, I had the opportunity to visit…

Prayer ventures: Sept. 19
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Sept. 19

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: Sept. 17
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Sept. 17

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…