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Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Dec. 23

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…

Contributors, not inheritors
Spiritual Resources

Contributors, not inheritors

Like many parts of the world, Asia first saw the establishment of Christianity through the efforts of missionaries. But not everyone realizes that Asian Christianity dates back to first-century India,…

My take: Mary as a figure of power
Voices of Faith

My take: Mary as a figure of power

I have always loved Mary, the mother of our Lord, and each year she becomes more important to me. But my love for Mary does not come from admiration of…

I’m a Lutheran: Debra J. Bonde
Mission & Ministry

I’m a Lutheran: Debra J. Bonde

Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Livonia, Mich. Founder and director of Seedlings Braille Books for Children I founded Seedlings Braille Books for Children 35 years ago because I heard that braille books…

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Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Dec. 13

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer Ventures, which can be downloaded here for daily Prayer Ventures. These petitions are offered as a guide for…

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Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Dec. 8

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer Ventures, which can be downloaded here for daily Prayer Ventures. These petitions are offered as a guide for…

Invited into the wilderness
Voices of Faith

Invited into the wilderness

Our Advent lectionary readings this year are a rich tapestry. In Matthew’s Gospel, we are swept up together in the comforting but challenging reality of the “already” and the “not…

Mister Rogers and the practice of silence
Voices of Faith

Mister Rogers and the practice of silence

When Lloyd Vogel (Matthew Rhys), the Esquire magazine reporter who serves as protagonist and audience surrogate in the new drama A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, meets Joanne Rogers (Maryann…

From hype to hope
Voices of Faith

From hype to hope

Anticipation and excitement make the jump to hyperspeed as we approach the big day in late December: the release of the new “Star Wars” movie, the final chapter in the…

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Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Dec. 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…

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Living Faithfully

Joy in gratitude

With half-eaten bowls of oatmeal on the table, my children jump off their chairs and run to the living room. “Music on?” my son asks, smiling. With arms lifted in…