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Prayer Ventures

March 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…

Engaging body, mind and soul in worship
Faith in Action

Engaging body, mind and soul in worship

How do we engage our whole selves in worship? Martin Billmeier, pastor of St. Lucas Lutheran Church, Toledo, Ohio, reflected on this question in a meditation last Lent, asserting he…

Lectionary blog: ‘For God so loved’ you
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: ‘For God so loved’ you

Lectionary blog for March 12 The second Sunday in Lent Genesis 12:1-4a; Psalm 121; Romans 4:1-5; John 3:1-17 Unless you have been an avid golfer for a very long time,…

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Voices of Faith

Losing faith • finding it

Some years ago, just before Christmas, I was sitting and enjoying conversation with a staff member one minute, then lying on the ground the next, completely unaware that my body…

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Prayer Ventures

March 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…

March 5
Prayer Ventures

March 5

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…

March 4
Prayer Ventures

March 4

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…

On giving up and taking on
Spiritual Resources

On giving up and taking on

Should we give something up or take something on in Lent? It seems the rules aren’t quite as clear as they used to be: fish on Fridays, evening worship on…

March 3
Prayer Ventures

March 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…

March 2
Prayer Ventures

March 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…

Grounded in grace
Voices of Faith

Grounded in grace

“All we had to eat was red Jell-O, flour and communion wafers,” she remembered, her eyes gazing into the past. A fundraiser for the ELCA’s global ministries, I was out…

March 1
Prayer Ventures

March 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…