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Living Faithfully
A hands-on approach to vocation
Frances Blatchley remembers as a child pretending she was a nurse. “It was all I ever wanted to be from the time I was little,” she said. “My poor mother…
Prayer Ventures
April 26
Everyday, 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 own…
Voices of Faith
The waters of baptism
Series editor’s note: Most who write for “Deeper understandings” are full-time professors at our seminaries, colleges and universities. The majority of the church’s “resident theologians,” of course, are parish pastors…
Mission & Ministry
ELCA members change lives with veterans’ court program
Dave Belcher served in the Army for 17 years. He was a platoon sergeant and received a Bronze Star and a Combat Infantry Badge, but he came home with a…
Prayer Ventures
April 18
Everyday, 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 own…
Lectionary Blog
Lectionary blog: ‘Make no distinction between them and us’
Lectionary blog for April 24, 2016 Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 11:1-18, Psalm 148, Revelation 21:1-6, John 13:31-35 My sister and her husband attend a church that is part of…
Prayer Ventures
April 12
Everyday, 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 own…
Voices of Faith
I’m a Lutheran: Lenny Duncan
Temple Lutheran Church, Havertown, Pa. Seminarian and candidate for ordained ministry I found my faith in the forgotten places, where hope seems like an intruder—homeless, mired in alcoholism and seemingly…
Lectionary Blog
Lectionary blog: Never quite normal
Lectionary blog for April 10, 2016 Third Sunday After Easter Texts: Acts 9:1-6; Psalm 30; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19 When my older son was a preschooler, we had a book…
Living Faithfully
Youth tutoring program provides lesson plans for life
On a recent Thursday evening at Ebenezer Lutheran in Chicago, students sat at tables smiling, laughing, talking and enjoying a meal of pasta prepared by Michael Fick, pastor of the…
Living Faithfully
Radio show brings laughter, more people into church
Everett Erickson and members of New Frontier Lutheran would fit into any congregation in Minnesota—they hold pancake breakfasts, debate about the duties of head usher and deal with the usual…
Living Faithfully
Faith in the spaces
Art from Bible stories adorns the walls of historical country churches in Sweden. A tour guide gives their history and explains that the artwork does more than beautify the space…
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