When life feels scattered and ungrounded, what are the core practices that help you restore order and strength? For some it’s focusing on breathing through meditation or yoga. For some it’s processing through journaling or talking with friends. For some it’s resetting your body through exercise. For me, I know… Continue reading
Do you ever feel like you’re trying to put the pieces of your life together but don’t have a clear sense of the picture you’re making? I put this whole puzzle together before realizing the full picture was on the back of the box. I was looking at the front… Continue reading
I am coming to a different kind of appreciation about the importance of identifying the ground on which you live and work. It’s about identity. It’s about tradition. It’s about community. It’s about justice and reconciliation. It’s about holding the past and the present together. This reflection was shared at the 2023 Florida/Bahamas Synod Synodical… Continue reading
This devotion was initially created for publication in Eternity for Today, a devotional resource from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, for the week of March 12, 2022 Psalm 63:1-8 My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me. (Ps. 63:8) Do you remember learning how to ride a… Continue reading
This devotion was initially created for publication in Eternity for Today, a devotional resource from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, for the week of March 12, 2022 Isaiah 55:1-9 Seek the Lord while [the Lord] may be found, call upon [God] while [God] is near; (Is. 55:6) In early… Continue reading
This devotion was initially created for publication in Eternity for Today, a devotional resource from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, for the week of March 12, 2022 Romans 4:1-12 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. (Rom. 4:2) If… Continue reading
This devotion was initially created for publication in Eternity for Today, a devotional resource from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, for the week of March 12, 2022 Luke 13:22-31 Then people will come from east and west, from north and south, and will eat in the kingdom of God…. Continue reading
Read: Numbers 14:10b-24 Forgive the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your steadfast love… (14:19a) Reflect: Children have a particular ability to remind parents or adults of things said or done in a different context–whether it’s reminding a parent of an earlier promise, reminding a teacher of… Continue reading
This devotion was initially created for publication in Eternity for Today, a devotional resource from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, for the week of March 12, 2022 Read: Luke 13:31-35 At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to… Continue reading
The devotions over the next week were initially created for publication in Eternity for Today, a devotional resource from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, for the week of March 12, 2022 Read: Philippians 3:17-4:1 But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting… Continue reading