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Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Nov. 9

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…

Lessons from campus ministry
Mission & Ministry

Lessons from campus ministry

More than 240 Lutheran campus ministries provide an ELCA presence at state and private colleges and universities across the country. They minister to everyone in their academic settings—not just students…

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Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Nov. 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…

The cost of nondiscipleship
Voices of Faith

The cost of nondiscipleship

In The Great Omission: Rediscovering Jesus’s Essential Teachings on Discipleship, author Dallas Willard examines the work of Dietrich Bonhoeffer—in particular, the German theologian’s venerated book The Cost of Discipleship. Willard…

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Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Nov. 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…

ELCA presiding bishop signs on to Golden Rule 2020 initiative
Living Faithfully

ELCA presiding bishop signs on to Golden Rule 2020 initiative

On Nov. 3, exactly one year before the 2020 national election, Christians from a wide range of theological and political views will kick off a year of activities for the…

Season of doubt
From The Presiding Bishop

Season of doubt

When serving as a parish pastor, I would sometimes be asked if it was possible to be a faithful Christian and also doubt. Could one be a disciple and also…

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Voices of Faith

Faith as practice, not works

“It feels like a mockery to me,” one woman said. I was leading a Bible study where the subject of the rosary had arisen. I was her pastor and knew…

Worship with our 2-year-old
Living Faithfully

Worship with our 2-year-old

As any parent of a 2-year-old can tell you, they can be unpredictable, squirmy, loud, messy and make even the thickest-skinned parents embarrassed to sit in worship. So how does…