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Tag Archives: Women of the ELCA
Working Birthdays
It started innocently enough. One year, my colleague Faith and I, each with single-digit April birthdates, realized our combined ages added to 100. Since a centennial birthday doesn’t come around every year, we decided to spring for cake. There were … Continue reading
2018 Epiphany Letter
Last year, which felt like a decade shoved into 365 days, wasn’t all bad. We share our highlights, below.
Posted in Christmas, Edison-Albright, Edison-Swift, Family, New Year, Sam-the-Dog
Tagged Edison-Albright, Edison-Swift, ELCA, Hank-the-Dog, Sam-the-Dog, Triennial Gathering, Women of the ELCA
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“All Anew” is a way of life, not an event
The day before Leymah Gbowee addressed 3,300 participants attending the Tenth Triennial Gathering, July 14, she took time for a conversation over a cup of green tea. Gbowee, a Lutheran from Monrovia, Liberia, led the interfaith movement of prayerful and persistent women … Continue reading
Posted in Global, Women, Women of the ELCA
Tagged #WELCATG, Elizabeth Eaton, Elizabeth McBride, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Leadership Development, Leymah Gbowee, Liberia, Nobel Peace Prize, Presiding Bishop Eaton, Sue Edison-Swift, Tenth Triennial Gathering, Women of the ELCA
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Come, Lord Jesus
Come, Lord Jesus: Devotions, Prayer Journal and Prayerful Coloring for Advent and Christmas is a booklet I created for and with Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan (LSS). It includes seven devotions linked to the Sunday before Advent, the four Sundays of Advent, … Continue reading
Posted in Advent, Christmas, Devotion, LSS WI & Upper MI
Tagged #AdventAction, Adult coloring, Advent, Christmas, ELCA, Emmanuel devotion, Gratitude devotion, Hope devotion, Joy devotion, LSS, Lutheran Social Services of WI & Upper MI, Prayer Journal, Prayerful coloring, Remember devotion, Tears devotion, The 12 Days of Christmas, Wisdom devotion, Women of the ELCA
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Service dish-washing
Recently, Paul and I took the opportunity to be kitchen crew for two nights at Camp Matz, Watertown, Wis., a ministry of Bethesda Lutheran Communities. It was a week without the usual cadre of kitchen volunteers, so a call went … Continue reading
Living Hope
“Living Hope: Funeral Hymns and Scripture,” a Women of the ELCA program I wrote and compiled, is now online and ready to download. In addition to group activities, individuals will find inspiration in the personal reflections (see pp. 6, 18-23) and … Continue reading
Posted in Devotion, Easter, Uncategorized
Tagged All Saints Day, Easter, Funeral hymns, Funerals, Program, Requiem Choir, retreat, St. Luke's Park Ridge, Women of the ELCA
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