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Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Oct. 7

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 Conference of Bishops urge release of funds for East Jerusalem hospitals
Faith in Action

ELCA Conference of Bishops urge release of funds for East Jerusalem hospitals

ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton and the Conference of Bishops of the ELCA have issued a letter to President Trump urging the administration to restore funding to Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) and…

One faithful, furry friend
Faith in Action

One faithful, furry friend

Elaine McCracken, a member of Faith United Lutheran Parish in Dillsburg, Pa., has a friend to count on when she needs it. That friend is SSD Moses, a three-year-old Labrador…

ELCA, Church of Sweden, Episcopal Church issue climate commitment
Faith in Action

ELCA, Church of Sweden, Episcopal Church issue climate commitment

The ELCA joined the Church of Sweden and the Episcopal Church Oct. 1 in a commitment to working together to advocate for national and international policies that address the urgency…

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Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Oct. 2

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…

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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 petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

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Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Sept. 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: Sept. 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…

We are to be bold
From The Presiding Bishop

We are to be bold

This church had a meeting in August. We gathered in Milwaukee for the 2019 Churchwide Assembly. We were filled with anticipation and excitement—what would unfold during the assembly? How would…

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Spiritual Resources

Soul-tending and the art of spiritual direction

To begin, Mary Grace would always light a candle. I’d sit in the chair opposite her, and she would rock back and forth slowly, creating a rhythmic patter that would…

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Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Sept. 22

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

My take: Waiting for the light

Editor’s note: Our June cover story, “Worship 101,” examined the “whats, whys and hows” of ELCA worship. We now continue the story as a monthly online series  further exploring what Lutheran worship is,…