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This week’s Advent activity can be completed with a group or as a solo project. We hope it will help you create a space for reflection, community and celebration as…
Many believers are naturally curious about death and what comes after. This curiosity often appears in the context of funerals and hospitals, yet it also arises naturally throughout one’s life….
Today, we pause to contemplate the words of the Advent hymn, “People, Look East” (Evangelical Lutheran Worship, 248; this version is by Marty Haugen). People, look east. The time is…
Focal verse “To you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will…
In the days of Advent, Christians prepare to celebrate the presence of God’s Word among us in our own day. During these four weeks, we pray that the reign of…
Growing up as the child of an ELCA pastor in South Dakota, Gabe Wounded Head experienced life not on a reservation but amid a very white congregation. Now, as a…
I acknowledge the Yup’ik, Inupiaq and St. Lawrence Island Yupik peoples on whose traditional lands I work and live. I also acknowledge the Creator and all Indigenous people of Alaska….
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…
Editor’s note: This article originally ran Nov. 28, 2019. My mom’s death, in December 2013, took my feet out from under me. I couldn’t imagine a life without her. But…
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