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Good for Body, Mind, & Soul
Most of us know that faith and participation in a worshiping community are good for the soul, but scientific evidence agrees that religion is good for the body and mind, too. Click here for a slide show of eight ways religion impacts your life. (Photo by special Joel used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)
Participatory Faith
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Lectionary Reflection, August 12, 2012
What are you doing in your worshiping community to foster a participatory, joyous, and experiential faith? This week’s lessons offer some encouragement, ideas, and an opportunity to address the issue. (Photo by Charles Atkeison used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)
Cultivating Spiritual Growth
Lectionary Reflection for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 5, 2012
How’s the work of cultivating disciples going in your community of faith? Paul has some good words for spiritual gardeners in this week’s epistle lesson, and the gospel reminds us the master gardener’s mentoring that sustains us. (Photo by hans s used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)
Creation Care Devotional Guide
Looking for a stewardship of creation devotional guide to use? Here’s a good one from webofcreation.org that provides scripture, a quote from the ELCA social statement “Caring for Creation,” a creation care fact, a prayer, and ways to become more involved and committed to caring for God’s good creation. Click here to access the free […]
A New Commandment!
It was Jesus’ last night on before his execution, and he spent it with those he loved, giving them some of the most powerful teachings of his ministry. That’s what Maundy Thursday is all about. (Photo by Wharman, used by Creative Commons License.)
My season of sacrifice and self denial
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I can truly relate to what Jesus is saying in this Sunday’s Gospel lesson, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me“ (Mark 8:34b). Deny myself? Oh yeah! During Lent I’m all about self denial. (Photo by Randy OHC, used by Creative Commons license. Thanks!)
Ash Wednesday: When stewards take stock
‘It’s Personal’ Blog
Meditate on the sobering words of Ash Wednesday: “Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” You’ll find the source of good stewardship of life — our mortality. (Photo by On the White Line, used by Creative Commons license.)
Holy Collision!
Lectionary Reflection for the Baptism of our Lord
January 8, 2012
Mark’s gospel propels us like carnival bumper cars into a holy collision of water, Word, and Spirit. Are you ready? This is no Sunday for “nicey-nice” tame imagery in the presence of the Creator who brought life from chaos and salvation from sin. (Photo by Paul Holloway used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)
Spiritual Practices for the 12 Days of Christmas
“What if we allowed the space from Christmas to Epiphany to be a time of sacred pause, a time to reflect on the year past, the present moment, and the possibilities held in the year to come,” asks Christine Valters Paintner in an essay posted on the Patheos website. Click here to join her in […]
Life beyond the Usual
Lectionary Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
December 18, 2011
If anything is possible with God, why do we have such a hard time believing it and embodying God to our world? (Photo by NASA used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)
