Talking through Scripture together
Spiritual Resources

Talking through Scripture together

At its 2019 assembly, the Delaware-Maryland Synod set a goal of having everyone in its congregations regularly engaged in reading Scripture over the next year. To encourage members toward this…

Prayer ventures: May 6
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: May 6

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: May 5
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: May 5

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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Voices of Faith

Backward testimony

I think of a man walking slowly out of town with his head down. It’s night. His whole body heaves with emotion—inconsolable, completely alone. In a crumpled ball on his…

Prayer ventures: May 3
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: May 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…

Unidos en el bautismo
From The Presiding Bishop (Spanish)

Unidos en el bautismo

Hay un dicho irlandés que dice: “La gente vive al amparo de unos y otros”. Estoy trabajando en este escrito a finales de marzo.  No sé cómo será el mundo…

United in baptism
From The Presiding Bishop

United in baptism

There is an Irish saying: “It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.” I am writing this at the end of March. I don’t know what…

Prayer ventures: May 1
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: May 1

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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Spiritual Resources

Wisdom gleaned from history

In the introduction to his Devotional Classics (HarperCollins, 1993), Richard J. Foster wrote: “We today suffer from the unexamined notion that the more recent something is, the better, the more…

Prayer ventures: April 29
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: April 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…

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Faith in Action

My take: The church is not closed

Our new reality has taken over with blinding speed. Life has gone from normal to “wash your hands” to “shelter in place” in what now seems like an instant. Businesses…

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Voices of Faith

My faith journey: A baptized imagination

As a young girl, I was always thrilled when my mother took my brother and me to visit the library. The stacks seemed endless, and I loved that there were…