In honor of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton delivered the sermon during an ecumenical prayer service Nov. 5 at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart…
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…
I grew up in the Church of Christ, which is one of the more conservative offshoots of the American Restoration Movement. Like other restoration movements throughout church history, ours was…
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…
Lectionary blog for Nov. 12 Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost Amos 5:18-24; Psalm 70; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13 The Christian life burns brightest when one comes to an awareness of…
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…
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…
Deployed in Saudi Arabia, John Shipman, an Air Force chaplain, had an airman come to his door looking for help. He told Shipman that he was in charge of 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…
What is it like to leave your homeland and come to a place where nobody speaks your language, and everyone looks different from you? They don’t share your customs. They…
In his writings, Martin Luther connected our gathering for eucharist to our going out to love and serve the world. He wrote, “When you have partaken of this sacrament, therefore,…
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…
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