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.

• ELCA to start 2,000 new churches
• A place to breathe
  Lutherans offer rest and relief amid devastation of Texas flood
• Swept up in joy
  'Do not fear. Don't you know how much I treasure you?'
• Discovering forgiveness
  It heals our hearts and sets us free. Here's how we do it.
• Lessons from Moses Lake
  In 1996, Immanuel Lutheran Church faced two incidents involving teens, guns and death
• Get involved
• Most precious
• 12 good questions...
  for evaluating music and texts to be used in worship
• Who's at the center?
  Marva Dawn offers 3 questions for more faithful, vital worship
• Reaching out in Cuba
  Lutherans serve the island's poor with personal care and calls to end the embargo
• Why do they come back?
• 20 years after confirmation
  Why do young adults leave the church or stay? We asked them.
• Breathing the faith deeply
  Tranquility and transcendence come only when we take time
• Stories of resurrection
• Hunger stalks thousands in Sudan
  Government lifts ban on relief flights
• Final reckoning
  Somewhere in the world a hungry child is eating today because of Fritz Seipelt
• Watch with me
• Art for the heart
  Paintings of the Prodigal Son invite us deeper into God's story and ours
• Living with pigs and prodigals
• Resources to make it happen
• What do kids need?
  How parents and other adults can nurture caring, responsible youth
• Resources to make it happen
• Everyday saints
• Psalms and sighs
  We don't pray the Psalms. They pray us
• Clergy killers
  They are determined, deceitful and destructive, but they can be stopped
• Welcome to the banquet
  Spiritual accountability opens the door to a rich feast for Iowa congregation
• Listening to the universe
• Entering the silence
  6 ways to make your quiet time sing
• 'The church put its arms around me'
• Oak Grove looks for a victory
• What's fraying our commitments?
  A comparison shopper's approach to life keeps us from giving our hearts
• Beyond the rainbow
• Fighting the good fight
  Comrades and a 'can-do' spirit buoy hearts amid flood and fatigue
• Cleaning up Ada
• More than a house
• Entering Easter
  5 spiritual exercises for your journey into deeper life
• What's killing your soul at work?
  Readers' letters reveal common workplace problems
• Getting real
  To be or not to be--me? Losing and finding a job reveals a fundamental spiritual struggle
• Looking for Jesus in LaCrosse
• Go in peace, serve the Lord
  Ministry in daily life is in your hands
• Namibia's big birds
  A Lutheran ostrich project hatches a new agriculture in an African desert
• Asking the wrong questions
  Lack of spiritual discipline leaves us in the same old ruts
• Church on 'the hill'
  South Dakota prison congregation changes lives inside and outside the walls
• Making Amaambos
  Namibia's new seminary prepares pastors for withering challenges
• Tortured by the past
  Can Namibian Lutherans free themselves from their liberators?
• Integrity: Why we need a transfusion
  There are three steps to integrity. Most of us skip step one.
• Orphans at the table?
  Iowa congregation reflects the trend toward communing younger children
• Passionate words
  In this story, even the rocks speak
• Energizing your church
  Do you know who your congregation is? Finding out is the first step in moving forward.
• A week in our life

• Moving on