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• Prayer ventures: April 26 April 26, 2024
  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 as together we pray for the needs of the world and give thanks for the ministries of our church. Friday, April 26 We pray for […]
  Andrea Kulik
• The gospel invitation to be difference-makers April 26, 2024
  Khader El-Yateem is practiced in bridge-building. As pastor of Salam Arabic Lutheran Church in New York City—a congregation he started as a mission developer in 1995 and at which he preached in both Arabic and English—he served as a clergy liaison to the New York Police Department and co-founded the Bay Ridge Unity Task Force, […]
  John Potter
• Prayer ventures: April 25 April 25, 2024
  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 as together we pray for the needs of the world and give thanks for the ministries of our church. Thursday, April 25 We give thanks […]
  Andrea Kulik
• Accompanying a “hidden community” April 25, 2024
  Editor’s note: Part one of this story focused on Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Roseville, Minn., which hosts a tiny-home community on its property. Like Prince of Peace, a Lutheran-led initiative in Colorado offers an innovative approach to providing housing and creating community. At Colorado State University (CSU), students are now able to obtain […]
  John Potter
• Sacred settlement April 24, 2024
  In two snowy climates where the experience of being unhoused is especially brutal, Lutheran-led initiatives offer innovative approaches to providing shelter and creating community. At Colorado State University in Fort Collins, 20 students received affordable housing through a partnership between Lutheran Campus Ministry and a local apartment complex. And in Roseville, Minn., Prince of Peace […]
  John Potter
• Prayer ventures: April 24 April 24, 2024
  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 as together we pray for the needs of the world and give thanks for the ministries of our church. Wednesday, April 24 We pray for […]
  Andrea Kulik
• Study guide on climate crisis released April 23, 2024
  A new, four-session study guide was released by the ELCA this month, in connection with Earth Day. “Our Kairos Moment: A Study Guide on Earth’s Climate Crisis” is based on the ELCA’s 2023 social message “Earth’s Climate Crisis” and invites participants to learn about the impacts of climate change and how to respond through videos, […]
  John Potter
• Prayer ventures: April 23 April 23, 2024
  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 as together we pray for the needs of the world and give thanks for the ministries of our church. Tuesday, April 23 To whom do […]
  Andrea Kulik
• Prayer ventures: April 22 April 22, 2024
  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 as together we pray for the needs of the world and give thanks for the ministries of our church. Monday, April 22 We remember in […]
  Andrea Kulik
• Lectionary blog: “Cleaning” branches April 22, 2024
  Lectionary for April 28, 2024 Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 8:26-40; Psalm 22:25-31; 1 John 4:7-21; John 15:1-8 Do you ever have those moments when you, after years of studying a subject, discover something that you should have known a long time ago? As an example, I’ve finally learned that it’s much easier to clean […]
  Andrea Kulik