Living Lutheran magazine

Living Lutheran is your source for news, reflections and stories from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and its local and global companions.

Thursday, December 26, 2024

Prayer ventures: Dec. 26

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures (the prayers for the entire month 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,

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Highly recommended

Huck and Loona This charming story by Emily Kilgore, with illustrations by Florence Weiser, is set in the great Northwoods, where woodland friends Huck the bear and Loona the loon plan to spend “every minute of every day with each other.” But what happens when they discover that Loona can’t climb trees and Huck can’t

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Prayer ventures: Dec. 25

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures (the prayers for the entire month 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,

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Prayer ventures: Dec. 24

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures (the prayers for the entire month 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,

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

What will they eat?

Twenty percent of the student body in the Peninsula School District in Gig Harbor, Wash., depend on the National School Lunch Program for their daily nutritional needs, which are provided for at school with breakfast and lunch. When they learned of that statistic from their school district, Bob and Susan Shamblin, members of Peninsula Lutheran

Monday, December 23, 2024

Prayer ventures: Dec. 23

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures (the prayers for the entire month 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,

Monday, December 23, 2024

Lectionary blog: Growing kids and their parents

Lectionary for Dec 29, 2024 First Sunday of Christmas 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26; Psalm 148; Colossians 3:12-17; Luke 2:41-52 My three kids are still little but are growing up quickly. One of the thrills of being a parent is watching their personalities develop. My eldest, not yet 10, has kept us in stiches for years.

Monday, December 23, 2024

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever chooses safety while preaching boldness

No one should be shocked to learn that the narrator of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever begins its last scene by declaring, “It really was the best Christmas pageant ever.” Based on the 1972 novel by Barbara Robinson, the new theatrical feature film announces itself right away as safe and pleasant holiday viewing. Pageant follows

Sunday, December 22, 2024

Prayer ventures: Dec. 22

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures (the prayers for the entire month 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. Sunday,