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Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Growing up

Lectionary blog for Dec. 30, 2018 The first Sunday after Christmas 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26; Psalm 148; Colossians 3:12-17; Luke 2:41-52  Some years ago, I returned to a former parish…

Prayer Ventures: Dec. 23
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…

Prayer Ventures: Dec. 22
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: Dec. 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…

Prayer Ventures: Dec. 21
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: Dec. 21

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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Mission & Ministry

Artists thrive at Soaring Arts Studio

Jessica Clapp is a multifaceted artist who works out of a studio in downtown Napoleon, Ohio. The 31-year-old loves to draw, and she has been commissioned by a local brewery…

Prayer Ventures: Dec. 20
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: Dec. 20

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…

My take: What keeps us safe?
Voices of Faith

My take: What keeps us safe?

I’m sitting at my neighborhood coffee shop, thousands of miles away from the ostensibly dangerous Central American migrants threatening to cross the U.S. border. Miles, even, from the more murderous…

Prayer Ventures: Dec. 19
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: Dec. 19

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…

Prayer Ventures: Dec. 18
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: Dec. 18

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…

What chronic illness taught me about grace
Voices of Faith

What chronic illness taught me about grace

If you’d asked me a decade ago what grace meant to me, I’m not sure I could have answered. Or I would have said something like “the gifts of God…

Lectionary blog: Let us sing
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Let us sing

Lectionary blog for Dec. 23 The Fourth Sunday of Advent Micah 5:2-5a; Psalm 80:1-7; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-55 The world’s celebration of Advent and Christmas is surrounded by song. Almost…

Prayer Ventures: Dec. 17
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: Dec. 17

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…