David L. Miller

Miller is pastor of St. Timothy Lutheran Church, Naperville, Ill. He was on the staff of The Lutheran from 1988 to 2005, the last six years as editor. He is the author of Friendship with Jesus: A Way to Pray the Gospel of Mark; Book of Faith Lenten Journey: Marks of the Christian; and Book of Faith: Ephesians, all published by Augsburg Fortress.

• The practices for Lent
  Six ways individuals, groups and congregations can mark the paschal mystery
• Falling into the river
  Lenten spiritual practices invite us to encounter, experience the flow of God's unspeakable grace
• 20 years of the ELCA
  Former editors of The Lutheran reflect on church's history
• Altogether gift
  The gratitude of blessed moments lifts us to embrace our entire life as gift
• Breathing space
  Welcome to the most hopeful place in Bethlehem
• 'Deus semper major'
• A world of grace
  As I prepare to leave The Lutheran, I remember one soul above all others
• Peeved for Jesus
  Too much religious rhetoric proceeds not from faith but from fear
• Morning prayer
• The wall
  Palestinian Christians say Israel's security barrier creates a big prison
• Thank you
• Child 406
  'The pain, with love, we will make it something for others'
• Beyond every image
  There is no place where the love of the Risen One is absent
• How do you see?
• When the TV lights go out
  I love the church, this church. It never lets me forget.
• Beyond tsunami
  ELCA mission partnerships rebuild troubled lives and ruined villages on the Indian coast
• ELCA Sexuality Studies; Task force recommends pastoral response, not policy change
• I see the water coming
• Sublime but subversive
  Grant us, dear Friend, the fullness of your loving intimacy
• Church Council prepares for 2005 assembly
• The way home
  Our life is a journey of discovery into a love that knows no boundaries
• Beyond fear
  Christmas comes amid a world a real fears, bearing the cure for our distress
• Beyond tough
  Our understanding of strength is narrow and often upside down
• ELCA bishops meet with sexuality task force
  Cardinal Kasper addresses bishops on fifth anniversary of declaration on justification
• Beyond winning and losing
  Human fulfillment can't be defined in terms of what one has won or achieved
• Texas verdict spurs policy review
• Where Beauty lives
  You are that unique expression of God's beauty that God's love awakens in you
• Lutheran-Catholic accord seeks deeper communion
• Beyond good and evil
  The hideous spectacle of Abu Ghraib ripped away our moral fig leaf
• Texas suit raises more questions
  How is troubling information about ministry candidates handled?
• What must we learn?
• Finding joy
  Don't miss it: Taste the great delight that God is pleased to give
• Perspective: Vision quest
  Our church faces a vision crisis disguised as an economic problem
• We give thanks
• Damos gracias
• What's at stake?
• ELCA bishops focus on evangelism
• Real power, real hope
  Our souls are in daily danger of dying at least mine is
• How will we be known
  Our life together too often denies who God is and what God is doing
• Hungry for confession
  Jesus makes it clear that how we treat the poor is how we treat God
• Our church & homosexuality
  James Childs answers questions about the work of the task force
• Council adopts redesign process
  Soft mission support forces $2.8 million reduction in 2004 spending plan
• Lectio divina divine reading
• Where Christmas comes
  'The Son of God became man so that we might become God'
• Held in mercy's hands
  Eternal rest grant him, O Lord; may your perpetual light shine on all your saints
• Too little, too quickly?
  Conference of Bishops debates strategic mission plan
• Bound in common faith
  Christian tradition is not ours to do with as we please
• Perspective: A task unfinished
  ELCA Churchwide Assembly reveals disconnection that continues to challenge
• Healing the world
  The Lutheran World Federation Assembly takes on a world of hurt and changes its name
• The eternal table
  We hope this new step will further reveal the communion God intends

• Moving on