Lectionary blog: Are we bearing ‘good fruit’?
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Are we bearing ‘good fruit’?

Lectionary blog for Oct. 8 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80:7-15; Philippians 3:4b-14; Matthew 21:33-46 In Isaiah, God says, “I cleared the land, I planted the grapes, I…

Prayer Ventures: October 2
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: October 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…

Prayer Ventures: October 1
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: October 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…

Prayer Ventures: September 30
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: September 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…

Prayer Ventures: September 29
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: September 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…

Prayer Ventures: September 28
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: September 28

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…

Prayer Ventures: September 27
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: September 27

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…

Sabbath nourishment
Voices of Faith

Sabbath nourishment

It was approaching midnight when we arrived at the Milk’s Camp community in Gregory County, S.D. We had pulled out of the church parking lot 17 hours earlier, and I…

Prayer Ventures: September 26
Prayer Ventures

Prayer Ventures: September 26

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…

Placeholder image
Theology & Beliefs

Cyclists raise $13,000 for refugee and immigrant resettlement

On Saturday, Aug. 19, 90 bicycle riders gathered at Silverdale Lutheran Church in Silverdale, Wash., for a 10-mile “Mini Martin,” a 30-mile “Brave Bavarian” or a 50-mile “Wittenburg Warrior” ride…

Placeholder image
Theology & Beliefs

Spanish-speaking congregations receive first Small Catechisms

Earlier this year, three Spanish-speaking congregations in South Carolina took to heart Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton’s invitation to study the Small Catechism, thanks to the leadership of the Rev. Jorge…

Placeholder image
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Saying ‘yes’ and living ‘no’

Lectionary blog for Oct. 1 Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32; Psalm 25:1-9; Philippians 25:19; Matthew 21:23-32 Sometimes, some people, particularly some people on some finance committees or congregation…