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Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Oct. 19
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…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Oct. 16
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…
Mission & Ministry
An enriching experience
For nine weeks each summer, the Chautauqua Institution, a 750-acre community on Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York, is brimming with speakers and programs examining significant religious, social and political…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Oct. 13
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…
Lectionary Blog
Lectionary blog: Wrestling with God
Lectionary for Oct 16, 2022 19th Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 32:22-31; Psalm 121; 2 Timothy 3:14–4:5; Luke 18:1-8 To put it mildly, the life of faith isn’t easy. Sophie Scholl…
Faith in Action
ELCA Conference of Bishops addresses leadership during fall meeting
The Conference of Bishops of the ELCA met Sept. 29–Oct. 1 at the Eaglewood Resort in Itasca, Ill. The conference, an advisory body of the ELCA, comprises 65 synod bishops,…
Faith in Action
ELCA launches resources to support ministries in a multi-religious world
Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a letter announcing the release of two new ELCA interreligious resource guides. “In baptism, we are called ‘to proclaim the good…
Faith in Action
BeeVangelists
Unsurprisingly, the expertise Lisa Bates-Froiland brought to her role as pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Milwaukee didn’t include an extensive background in beekeeping. “None,” said Bates-Froiland, who’s been with…
Voices of Faith
Golden ground
We learn in Proverbs 18:21 that “death and life are in the power of the tongue.” When I encounter this verse, I’m reminded that my words have impact and should…
Lectionary Blog
Lectionary blog: A big show
Lectionary for Oct. 9, 2022 18th Sunday after Pentecost 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c; Psalm 111; 2 Timothy 2:8-15; Luke 17:11-19 Sometimes we want a big show, right? I used to…
Faith in Action
Faith on the sidelines
Focal verse “Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing” (1 Thessalonians 5:11). Reflection Saturday mornings in our family have become cheerleading days. My…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Oct. 2
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…