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1 week ago | 
livinglutheran.org | Andrea Kulik
In Europe, religious holidays are national holidays, and people get the day off. A few years ago, while living in Germany, I was on my way to an Ascension Day worship service when I noticed men pulling small wagons full of cold beer that they were drinking with friends. (Drinking in public is legal in Germany!) Curious, I asked what the occasion was.
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1 week ago | 
livinglutheran.org | Andrea Kulik
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day 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.
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1 week ago | 
livinglutheran.org | Andrea Kulik
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day 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, May 28 We ask the Spirit to help us respond to the call to participate in God’s work in the world, no matter where it might lead, who we might encounter or what God might ask of us.
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1 week ago | 
livinglutheran.org | Andrea Kulik
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day 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, May 27 “May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us” (Psalm 67:1).
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1 week ago | 
livinglutheran.org | Andrea Kulik
I don’t quite know how I, the program director for African Descent Ministries, ended up at the Asian Lutheran International Conference (ALIC), but nothing could have prepared me for the blessing it was to witness it. Along with me on this journey were Aja, a multiethnic woman of African descent; Mau, a queer nonbinary multiethnic person of Asian descent; and Nia, a queer nonbinary person of Indian descent (last names of some participants withheld).
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1 week ago | 
livinglutheran.org | Andrea Kulik
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day 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, May 26 Memorial DayWe remember, honor and give thanks for those in the armed forces who have given their lives for the sake of peace, justice and freedom.
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2 weeks ago | 
livinglutheran.org | Andrea Kulik
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day 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. Sunday, May 25 We give thanks and praise to God for the gift of the Spirit, who is always with us to teach us how to serve as compassionate and courageous disciples of Christ throughout our lives.
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2 weeks ago | 
livinglutheran.org | Andrea Kulik
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day 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.
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2 weeks ago | 
livinglutheran.org | Andrea Kulik
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day 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, May 23 We give thanks for the ELCA’s Lay Schools for Ministry program, which creates opportunities for lifelong learning that equip us for our baptismal vocations in this church and in the world.
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2 weeks ago | 
livinglutheran.org | Andrea Kulik
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day 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.
