“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
Should Churches Celebrate July 4th? (And How Much) Independence Day is a unique holiday for the American church. An overt Christian connection does not exist like with Christmas or Easter. July 4th is also specific to the United States, so churches outside of our country—as expected—would not recognize the holiday.
There are many things that A.I. cannot do and cannot be for the simple reason that it is a purely material entity and does not require us to postulate immaterial properties in order to explain what it is and does. There are features of minds, however—or at least of some
Can you imagine if today you opened a mission call and it was for a 14-year mission to a violent people whose aim was to destroy you? You might think twice about that kind of call. Yet, the sons of Mosiah, Nephite princes who could have had a very different
As you make plans for worship in the autumn months, consider the following ways to explore All Creation Sings. Time after Pentecost-Autumn Sing “God’s Work, Our Hands” (ACS 1000) on September 8 in worship or at other congregational service events. Set to the tune EARTH AND ALL STARS, singers
Today’s Reading: Read II Kings 14:3-4; 14:24; 15:3-4,9,18,24,28,34-45 Consider this story and discuss it as a family: Suzie had a fun day playing in her room. She pulled every toy out that she had and enjoyed pretending that her room was a toy shop. It was a fun day, for
The Discipleship Crisis The discipleship crisis is not confined to the United Kingdom. It affects Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. It is present wherever people identify as Christians and even go to church but only subscribe to a few of the core beliefs of Christianity. It explains