Prayer for April 16
Prayer Ventures

Prayer for April 16

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

Prayer for April 15
Prayer Ventures

Prayer for April 15

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

Prayer for April 14
Prayer Ventures

Prayer for April 14

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

Prayer for April 13
Prayer Ventures

Prayer for April 13

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…

Talk it <i>all</i> out!
Lectionary Blog

Talk it all out!

Lectionary for April 19, 2026 Third Sunday of Easter Acts 2:14a, 36-41; Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19; 1 Peter 1:17-23; Luke 24:13-35 There’s just so much information available right now. Do you…

What do you hear?
Living Faithfully

What do you hear?

Focal verse “But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. They found the stone rolled…

The joy of alleluia
From The Presiding Bishop, Theology & Beliefs

The joy of alleluia

In his Easter message, ELCA Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry says that even though we consider ourselves to be an Easter church, we must remember that we are also a Lenten…

God is on our side
Theology & Beliefs

God is on our side

Jesus is making his way up to Jerusalem with his friends. What hopes, what expectations they must have had. With this Jesus, a new world is dawning. Soon, our dark…

Was Jesus innocent?
Voices of Faith, Theology & Beliefs

Was Jesus innocent?

Of course he was innocent, responds every ounce of theology and tradition. Our salvation rests on this, that Jesus was fully God and thus incapable of sin, that his suffering and…

Bearing witness: Put your body where love is needed
Theology & Beliefs

Bearing witness: Put your body where love is needed

Series editor’s note: The 2026 theme for “Deeper understandings” is faithful witness in challenging times. This year various authors will explore what it means for the ELCA, and each of…

I’m a Lutheran: Pam Liberda
Voices of Faith

I’m a Lutheran: Pam Liberda

Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Overland Park, Kan. Executive chef and co-founder, Buck Tui BBQ; executive chef, Muni I connected with Holy Cross before my wedding in 2005. I was raised…