Thoughts for your Thursday: August 31, 2023
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Thoughts for your Thursday: August 31, 2023

Today we are sharing five prompts to inspire you during your personal spiritual time so you can set your intentions for the weekend ahead. Take a moment to reflect on…

August contemplations part four
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August contemplations part four

Every Tuesday in August, ELCA pastors and leaders are sharing contemplative prompts for reflection and meditation. Today, Kelsey Brown, pastor developer of Jehu’s Table and a board member of Extraordinary…

ELCA’s best-kept secret helps ministers and lay leaders alike
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ELCA’s best-kept secret helps ministers and lay leaders alike

One of the ELCA’s best-kept secrets has been a successful program for 20 years. Since 2002 the ELCA’s coaching ministry has been an influential and effective tool for personal, relational…

What it means to break bread
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What it means to break bread

Spend time reading the Bible and you’ll find an abundance of references to bread. It’s little surprise, then, that the topic captured the attention of Meghan Murphy-Gill, an Episcopal priest…

Prayer ventures: Aug. 20
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 20

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…

Prayer ventures: Aug. 18
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 18

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…

August Contemplations part two
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August Contemplations part two

Every Tuesday in August, ELCA pastors and leaders are sharing contemplative prompts for reflection and meditation. Today Andrew “Drew” Tucker, executive director of HopeWood Outdoors in Westerville, Ohio, shares his…

Cultivating wonder
Faith in Action

Cultivating wonder

Focal verse “Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them. Full of honor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures forever” (Psalm…