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…
Alleluia. We have observed his star at its rising, and have come to worship him. Alleluia. —Gospel acclamation for Epiphany (Year A), from Matthew 2:2 When I left the…
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…
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…
This column is a reprint of her June 2018 column in Living Lutheran. Father’s Day is in June. Let me tell you a little bit about my dad. His name…
Where is God? If you ask some children and many adults, they will point to the sky. And they might be right—at night. The Gospel readings that frame January locate…
Jesus lived with a clear purpose, choosing to be baptized by his cousin John. “And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am…
No one expects to have their lives completely changed while watching Netflix. But that’s exactly what happened to me. On a nondescript day in December 2017, I sat down on…
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 Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has responded to recent acts of anti-Semitic violence in the New York City Metropolitan area. “Today is the last day of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of…
Where would we be without friends? Where would you be without them? Through our deep personal connections we grow as people and experience the love of God. What’s been your…
Question No. 1: Which one of you, overseeing a flock of 100 sheep in the wilderness or 100 children under your care in a major city, would leave the 99…
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