When Daniel Bowman Jr. received an autism diagnosis in his mid-30s, so much suddenly clicked into place. His new book, On the Spectrum: Autism, Faith, and the Gifts of Neurodiversity…
Katie Langston has nearly completed her journey to becoming an ELCA pastor—but the path there was anything but linear. Her new book, Sealed: An Unexpected Journey Into the Heart of…
If you’re like me, the pandemic has brought you to all sorts of new streaming shows you might never have discovered otherwise. One of my favorites is The Repair Shop,…
Early in the screen musical In the Heights, matriarch Abuela Claudia (Olga Merediz) describes the velvet gloves her mother purchased when she immigrated from Cuba to the Manhattan barrio Washington…
Made, Known, Loved: Developing LGBTQ-inclusive Youth Ministry Ross Murray, an ELCA deacon, wrote Made, Known, Loved drawing from his experience as director of the Naming Project (see page 34). Murray…
“Tiny” is the wrong word for the vision of Ellie Roscher and Heidi Barr. When Roscher and I speak, her energy exudes through the phone. We’ve met in person exactly…
For most of us, the concept of home is complex. In Finding Home (Cascade Books, 2020), author Julie K. Aageson reflects on the physical, spiritual and metaphorical meanings of home….
No matter how many meaningful relationships we may have, it’s the rare person who doesn’t feel loneliness. Writer and spiritual director Charlotte Donlon’s new book, The Great Belonging (Broadleaf Books,…
Bread for the Day 2021: Daily Bible Readings and Prayers For those seeking a daily way to engage with Scripture and deepen their prayer lives, look no further than the…
There are books that provoke action and those that provide a blueprint for taking action. In The World Is About to Turn: Mending a Nation’s Broken Faith (Chalice Press, 2020),…
For children and families Families Celebrate Advent & Christmas 2020-2021 The 2020-2021 edition of Families Celebrate Advent & Christmas cards spans the four weeks of Advent and the 12 days…
When the country began to shut down as a result of COVID-19 and I started staying at home, I first turned to movies about food. I’ve worked as a food…
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