The DJ pastor
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The DJ pastor

For ELCA pastor Tom Gehring, life and faith would be incomplete without “songs to dance to that make you feel human.” A chaplain serving people in the Chicago area who…
Study guide for “Publicly, boldly and honestly”
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Study guide for “Publicly, boldly and honestly”

Answering God’s ancient call to love our neighbor—especially the poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner, the oppressed, the powerless and the voiceless—takes many forms. They include prayer, service, provision…
Camp prayers
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Camp prayers

Focal verse “As in one body we have many members and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and…
Flexible and grounded
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Flexible and grounded

If you happen to walk through the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) campus on a Tuesday evening, you might see a long line of students snaking around the…
The (record-breaking) road to religious diversity
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The (record-breaking) road to religious diversity

Vicki Michela Garlock was making her way through her morning read of Religion News Service when she came across a story about a man who earned a Guinness World Records…
Tuesday Intentions
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Tuesday Intentions

Today we are sharing a few prompts to encourage you during your personal spiritual time. We hope this collection will inspire you to be kind to yourself and others as…
God of the cosmos
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God of the cosmos

Focal verse “Thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it a chaos;…
Rebuilt on a foundation of faith
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Rebuilt on a foundation of faith

After a Christmas Eve service in 2020, parishioners of Good Shepherd Lutheran in Levittown, N.Y., left church for home. It was the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Following protocols to…