Kaylyn was in charge of the charter school fundraiser. It raised more than ten thousand dollars, and afterward, she sent her children home with a friend so she could get the money in the bank. But she had barely laid out the money into piles on the floor to count
“For what shall we pray?” is a weekly post inviting individuals, groups, and congregations to lift up our world in prayer. This resource is prepared by a variety of leaders in the ELCA and includes prayer prompts, upcoming events and observances, and prayer suggestions from existing denominational worship materials. You
Today’s Reading: Read Jeremiah 1; 2:1-19, 28, 37; 3:11-18; 4:1-2 Let’s have some fun with crafts today! Grab a paper plate and draw a happy face on one side and a sad face on the reverse side. Parents, give your kids some scenarios where they have to determine if what
How Important Is the Feeling of Belonging at Church? People leave churches for various reasons. Sometimes they leave a church because they don’t have a sense of belonging there. Some Churchgoers Feel Congregations Have Chronological Confusion The decade in which churchgoers feel their church’s ministry belongs contributes to the tone
People today access Scripture primarily through printed bibles and, increasingly, electronic media. It goes without saying that before the technologies that made print and electronic bibles possible, people encountered the sacred text in much different ways. The same can be said, of course, for the authors responsible for composing the
When I was growing up in upstate New York, art was my first love, especially drawing and painting. That passion for art, which I wrote about in an essay, together with thirty-three-millimeter slides I made of some artwork I had done in high school, helped me do something unusual for
Editor’s Note: We are pleased to present this once-a-week, all-summer-long series of familycentric essays from Richard Eyre. Today’s essay is number 8 of 12. Look at the “intermission essay” here which has links to the first 6 articles so that newcomers can catch up. And look at last week’s essay
“For what shall we pray?” is a weekly post inviting individuals, groups, and congregations to lift up our world in prayer. This resource is prepared by a variety of leaders in the ELCA and includes prayer prompts, upcoming events and observances, and prayer suggestions from existing denominational worship materials. You