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.

• Falling into the river
  Lenten spiritual practices invite us to encounter, experience the flow of God's unspeakable grace
• The practices for Lent
  Six ways individuals, groups and congregations can mark the paschal mystery
• 20 years of the ELCA
  Former editors of The Lutheran reflect on church's history
• Breathing space
  Welcome to the most hopeful place in Bethlehem
• Altogether gift
  The gratitude of blessed moments lifts us to embrace our entire life as gift
• 'Deus semper major'
• A world of grace
  As I prepare to leave The Lutheran, I remember one soul above all others
• Morning prayer
• Peeved for Jesus
  Too much religious rhetoric proceeds not from faith but from fear
• Thank you
• Child 406
  'The pain, with love, we will make it something for others'
• The wall
  Palestinian Christians say Israel's security barrier creates a big prison
• Beyond every image
  There is no place where the love of the Risen One is absent
• 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
• How do you see?
• I see the water coming
• Sublime but subversive
  Grant us, dear Friend, the fullness of your loving intimacy
• ELCA Sexuality Studies; Task force recommends pastoral response, not policy change
• 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
• ELCA bishops meet with sexuality task force
  Cardinal Kasper addresses bishops on fifth anniversary of declaration on justification
• Beyond tough
  Our understanding of strength is narrow and often upside down
• Texas verdict spurs policy review
• Beyond winning and losing
  Human fulfillment can't be defined in terms of what one has won or achieved
• Where Beauty lives
  You are that unique expression of God's beauty that God's love awakens in you
• Beyond good and evil
  The hideous spectacle of Abu Ghraib ripped away our moral fig leaf
• Lutheran-Catholic accord seeks deeper communion
• Texas suit raises more questions
  How is troubling information about ministry candidates handled?
• What must we learn?
• Damos gracias
• What's at stake?
• 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
• Real power, real hope
  Our souls are in daily danger of dying at least mine is
• ELCA bishops focus on evangelism
• How will we be known
  Our life together too often denies who God is and what God is doing
• Our church & homosexuality
  James Childs answers questions about the work of the task force
• Hungry for confession
  Jesus makes it clear that how we treat the poor is how we treat God
• 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'
• Too little, too quickly?
  Conference of Bishops debates strategic mission plan
• Held in mercy's hands
  Eternal rest grant him, O Lord; may your perpetual light shine on all your saints
• Perspective: A task unfinished
  ELCA Churchwide Assembly reveals disconnection that continues to challenge
• Bound in common faith
  Christian tradition is not ours to do with as we please
• The eternal table
  We hope this new step will further reveal the communion God intends
• Healing the world
  The Lutheran World Federation Assembly takes on a world of hurt and changes its name

• Moving on