In today’s reading from his Letter to the Ephesians (Ephesians 4: 17-32) the apostle Paul warns the church at Ephesus and us about danger of letting our feelings control our thoughts and actions and causing us to say and do things that hurt others. Paul quotes the first half of
ELCA World Hunger’s 40 Days of Giving Lent 2022 In English and en Espanol Week 2: Wandering in the Wilderness “I must be on my way” (Luke 13:33). Read Genesis 15:1-12;17-18 Psalm 27 Philippians 3:17-4:1 Luke 12:31-35 Reflect As we saw in the reflection for Week 1, Lent is a
In the days following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine my family continued to take part in the usual plans and activities. We ate together, played games, read books, loved one another, talked with our neighbors. The kids went to school, I wrote and answered emails, and my husband planned our congregation’s
The book of Eicha, traditionally ascribed to the prophet Jeremiah, describes in horrific detail the siege and destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonian army in 586 BCE. It is customarily chanted in synagogues on the evening of Tisha B’Av, the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av. Normally, biblical
Pray for Ukraine Churches Before and After the Quarantine: Five Surprising MetricsHow have churches fared as they have returned to in-person services? COVID-19 Changed Everything…And That’s OkayOur lives are marked by a series of transformational moments. These moments separate history from the future. One moment life is one way and
All Hallows Evening Prayer is a service of worship in the evening for all pilgrims on the journey to the heavenly city. How have you been tempted in your life? How did it turn out? Do you still struggle with the same temptation? The Scripture reading for this Sunday is
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. Saturday,
The history of the Ukrainian Jewish community goes back over 1,000 years. Located in the Pale of Settlement, a territory at the western edge of the Russian empire where Jews were forced to live beginning in the late 18th century, the country was once home to over 1 million Jews