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Genealogy, Church Records, and God’s Larger Story

Genealogy, Church Records, and God’s Larger Story
byFaith+Lead
Things will be discovered that were either not known or were pushed to the side
Monasticism and the Mayo Clinic

Monasticism and the Mayo Clinic
byDevin Ames
Silence and presence create space for centering in upheaval
The Word Comes Alive in Song

The Word Comes Alive in Song
byMark Granquist
Lutherans are a singing people
Prayer Types for Personality Types

Prayer Types for Personality Types
byJanell Downing
Walking with saints in the shadowlands
DEAR SOPHIA: Post-Pandemic Disconnect

DEAR SOPHIA: Post-Pandemic Disconnect
byDanáe Ashley
Feeling disconnected, disoriented, and unmoored from God and community
Crucifixion (sculpture), Paul Granlund, Luther Seminary Chapel

The Hope of the Crucifixion
byDr. Jennifer Hornyak Wojciechowski
A symbol of a love so deep, so infinite, that it is almost terrifying to behold
Photo of silo

Good Courage Farm: God Regenerates Soil and Spirit  
byJon Anderson
Inviting all of creation to flourish
Filling in the Vowels

Filling in the Vowels
byHallie Knox
Seeking Buechner’s alphabet of grace in Vonnegut’s incomprehensible world
A Life Worth Wanting

A Life Worth Wanting
byRev. Dr. Angela Williams Gorrell
Following Jesus to purpose and meaning
De-Professionalizing Pastoral Identity?

De-Professionalizing Pastoral Identity?
byMihee Kim-Kort
On occupying time and being prophetic
Between Two Gileads

Between Two Gileads
byHank Spaulding
The danger of bumper sticker theology
Russian icon on the second coming, circa 1700.

Where Can Hope be Found?
byJoey Goodall
The importance of eschatology in Christian community
mary resized

The Ecstatic and the Everyday
byDr. Jennifer Hornyak Wojciechowski
On a Christian-mysticism-informed car pilgrimage to northeast Wisconsin
Is This the Year?

Is This the Year?
byBryan Halferty
Dreams, marbles, black holes, and soil
Earth from space

Does God Dwell in High Places?
byDavid Rideout
Science, faith, and the joy in exploration
Automat (1927), Edward Hopper

Annunciations and Resolutions
byJanell Downing
Opening to God in the New Year
advent calendar

What Do You Need This Advent? 
byFaith+Lead
What will help you engage the season spiritually?
There’s a Psalm for That

There’s a Psalm for That
byRolf Jacobson
How the Psalms speak to us when death leaves a hole in our lives

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