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Lectionary Blog
Lectionary blog: We are on a mission from God
But we can become too focused on ourselves, meeting our own needs.
Spiritual Resources
Connecting money to ministry
Narrative budgets tell about God’s work through the congregation.
Lectionary Blog
Lectionary blog: Surprise! God has called you
And it’s all a mystery and a miracle why God calls us, any of us.
Lectionary Blog
Lectionary blog: In Christ we have known God
To know God is to know the riches of God’s grace lavished on us.
Faith in Action
4 resolutions for financial well-being in your congregation
The start of a new year is a wonderful opportunity to pause, think about the year ahead and resolve to make some changes. If you’re focusing on your faith community,…
From The Presiding Bishop
The promise, hope of Christmas
A Christmas message from ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton.
Mission & Ministry
Class on the current
On Sept. 1, 12 students, one teaching assistant, two professors and two guides boarded 24-foot voyageur canoes to embark on an adventure down the Mississippi River. No, this isn’t a…
Faith in Action
168 hours in a week …
Each week in every congregation of the ELCA we gather together. There may or may not be Sunday school. Sometimes worship includes confession, and sometimes not. Most churches have a…
Faith in Action
That’s (Not) Mine
Children get the message in our consumer culture that greed is OK and it’s normal to claim things as “mine.” It’s not easy to get rid of the habit of…
Faith in Action
In a pickle
The children of Living Word Lutheran Church, Laurinburg, N.C., from the time they can toddle have deposited their own offering in a large Mt. Olive Pickle jar during worship. It’s…
Mission & Ministry
Grace
When Pope Francis convened a meeting of Roman Catholic bishops last October, it was for the sake of discussing the church’s historical tendency to place more importance on doctrine and…
Lectionary Blog
Lectionary blog: Sing to God with gratitude
Be grateful for Jesus Christ and for all that he has done for us.
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