Advent Prayer Chain Craft
Spiritual Resources

Advent Prayer Chain Craft

This week’s Advent activity can be completed with a group or as a solo project. Use it to create a space for reflection, community and celebration as you anticipate the…
A hymn for Advent: “Joy to the World” (ELW 267)
Spiritual Resources

A hymn for Advent: “Joy to the World” (ELW 267)

Today we pause to contemplate the words of the Advent hymn “Joy to the World” (ELW 267), words by Isaac Watts. Joy to the world, the Lord is come! Let…
Advent activity: Reflection tree
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Advent activity: Reflection tree

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…
A hymn for Advent: “People, Look East” (ELW, 248)
Spiritual Resources

A hymn for Advent: “People, Look East” (ELW, 248)

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…
New ways to prepare
Spiritual Resources

New ways to prepare

For generations of families, Advent has been known for children’s eager opening of tiny paper windows on an Advent calendar, each window building on the biblical promise of a coming…
A statement from Bishop Eaton on the conflict in the Holy Land
Faith in Action

A statement from Bishop Eaton on the conflict in the Holy Land

Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has released a statement on the conflict in the Holy Land. “The ELCA’s commitments call on us to denounce unequivocally any attacks—past, present…
An educator’s calling fulfilled
Faith in Action

An educator’s calling fulfilled

Before Tracy Davidson’s father died in July 2008, he gave her one piece of advice: Get close to God. Fifteen years later, Davidson is serving a congregation and surrounding community…
Our medieval hymns: “All Creatures”
Mission & Ministry

Our medieval hymns: “All Creatures”

Author’s note: Lutherans and other hymn lovers may be surprised to learn how many of their favorite hymns come from medieval texts. Can anything good come out of the “Dark…
Prayer ventures: Sept. 25
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Sept. 25

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…
1517 Media receives Lilly Endowment grant
Faith in Action

1517 Media receives Lilly Endowment grant

1517 Media was recently awarded $1.25 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Nurturing Children Through Worship and Prayer Initiative. This grant will support the development of a new multi-year…
The gift of late friendship
Voices of Faith

The gift of late friendship

My friend Carmen Merritt died this spring at age 83. A person of intellectual and spiritual depth, of gentle kindness, humor and strength, he had lived a full life with…