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Worship 101
Any class or discussion on worship could begin with questions about what Lutheran worship is, how Lutherans worship and why do we do so. Sometimes these questions arise from specific,…
Spiritual Resources
Study guide: Worship 101
As the foundational practice of Lutheran communities, worship keeps us on track as disciples, provides fellowship as a community, feeds us with God’s word and sacraments, and then sends us…
Spiritual Resources
Study guide: From vision to reality
Despite 30 years of talk and effort to achieve a membership goal of 10% people of color or whose primary language was not English, the ELCA has not really budged…
Lectionary Blog
Lectionary blog: A spirit of adoption
Lectionary blog for June 6, 2019 June 9: Pentecost Day Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:24-34; Romans 8:14-17; John 14:8-17 Pentecost is an under-celebrated holiday. I love Pentecost! God sent the permanent…
Faith in Action
Parenting with grace and justice
There are so many parenting books available—but as people of faith, we want to be intentional about the messages we espouse. Cindy Wang Brandt writes from her home in Taiwan…
Lectionary Blog
Lectionary blog: Unity that undoes an empire
Lectionary blog for June 2, 2019 Acts 16:16-34; Psalm 97; Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21; John 17:20-26 I write these lectionaries about a month before they are posted so they can…
Lectionary Blog
Lectionary blog: Mission outreach
Lectionary blog for May 26, 2019 Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 16:9-15; Psalm 67; Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5; John 5:1-9 This week’s lectionary texts are all about the uncontainable word, work…
Spiritual Resources
Perspective: “Do not worry about your life”
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life (Matthew 6:25). The afternoon unfurled ahead of me as quiet and uncluttered as a deserted country lane. Settling into the…
Lectionary Blog
Lectionary blog: Renewal
Lectionary blog for May 19, 2019 Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 11:1-18; Psalm 148; Revelation 21:1-6; John 13:31-35 I broke my cellphone today. It was an older phone, and the…
Lectionary Blog
Lectionary blog: Of sheep and the Shepherd
Lectionary blog for May 12, 2019 Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 9:36-43; Psalm 23; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30 Shepherds are some of the most frequently depicted figures in the Bible….
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Shaped by stories
Perhaps you’ve recently found yourself consuming news reports coming out of Washington, D.C.; Syria; London; or Venezuela and asking, “Has there ever been an era more loudly crying out for…
Lectionary Blog
Lectionary blog: Transformations
Lectionary blog for May 5, 2019 Third Sunday of Easter Acts 9:1-6; Psalm 30; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19 Growing up, I was always a little jealous of people who had…
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