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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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Living Faithfully

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…

Prayer ventures: April 26
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: April 26

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

Perspective: 5 ways to prepare for digital worship

So you, and many others, are now worshiping digitally because of an order from your governor to Shelter in Place, Stay at Home, Quarantine or, my personal favorite, Hoosier Hunker…

My take: Why are we doing this, anyway?
Voices of Faith

My take: Why are we doing this, anyway?

“And a little child shall lead them” (Isaiah 11:6). My husband and I were both religious studies college majors, religious studies high school teachers, then religious studies college instructors. Eric…