Highly recommended: Resources for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany
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Highly recommended: Resources for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany

For children and families Families Celebrate Advent & Christmas 2021-2022 The 2021-2022 deck of 56 Families Celebrate Advent & Christmas cards spans the four weeks of Advent, starting on Nov….

An infectious enthusiasm for theology
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An infectious enthusiasm for theology

Sarah Hinlicky Wilson holds many titles—Lutheran pastor, author, professor, theologian and cook, among others. She serves as a pastor of Tokyo Lutheran Church in Japan and is an affiliated faculty…

Authenticity and the ancient practice of lament
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Authenticity and the ancient practice of lament

You Can Talk to God Like That: The Surprising Power of Lament to Save Your Faith (Broadleaf Books, 2021) is the provocative title of Abby Norman’s new book. A pastor in…

A neurodiverse church
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A neurodiverse church

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…

Grace “changed everything”
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Grace “changed everything”

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…

Perspective: Restoring all things
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Perspective: Restoring all things

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,…

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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…

An invitation into deeper living
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An invitation into deeper living

“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…