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Prayer Ventures
May 10
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…
Mission & Ministry
Free prayer in a coffee shop
I drink coffee only on Thursdays. This is mainly because that’s the day I sit at a local coffee shop for a few hours with a little sign that says…
Voices of Faith
Beware of the Lutherans: Darrow and the danger of labeling
Clarence Darrow, arguably one of the most famous attorneys in the 20th century, wrote an article for Esquire titled “How to pick a jury.” Here’s my favorite quote: “Beware of…
Living Faithfully
Lutherans gather with Korean neighbors
Lectionary Blog
Lectionary blog: Church shows the world Jesus
Lectionary blog for May 15, 2016 Day of Pentecost Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; Romans 8:14-17; John 14:8-17 25-27> A few years ago, USA Today had a piece about the…
Prayer Ventures
May 7
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…
Living Faithfully
Bathroom brouhaha
On a trip overseas, I had a long layover in the Netherlands, so I spent a day in Amsterdam. I was amazed to see what at first glance appeared to…
Living Faithfully
Psalmist or physicist?
You could consider Steve Nahn a modern-day psalmist. David, the writer of Psalm 8, pondered with wonder: “When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon…
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…
Mission & Ministry
Japan: After destruction, hope in the cross
Nobuo Inoue’s home was fine after the first earthquake on April 14, 2016, in Kumamoto, Japan. However, the second, principal quake that hit during the early hours of April 16 made his house…
From The Presiding Bishop
Love your neighbor
“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and…
Prayer Ventures
May 3
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…