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August 2018
Take a stand against unethical marketing
Women of the ELCA executive director Linda Post Bushkofsky is among several leaders who signed a letter last week demanding six of the largest baby formula manufacturers stop “unethical and irresponsible” marketing of breast milk substitutes. Read more and take action.
Gather’s free mini-issue on prayer
Did you enjoy
Gather’s summer Bible study, “Let us pray” by Anna Madsen?
Then you’ll love
Gather’s absolutely FREE mini-issue on prayer. This downloadable, printable resource features some of
Gather’s favorite articles on prayer from past issues.
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We are claimed in the wilderness
Jesus is baptized and named the Beloved and then is immediately driven to the wilderness. Comforting or disturbing, this is life. From one moment to the next, we are celebrating a wedding, then grieving a loved one not present. We are bathing in the refreshing waters of baptism, then all of a sudden are driven out into the wilderness.
Read the Cafe faith reflection.
Meeting Jesus in John's gospel
Get ready to reconnect with Jesus this winter in
Gather’s four-session Bible study series, “
The Gospel of John: Meetings with Jesus.” Over the course of this study in the January/February, March and April issues, author Julie A. Kanarr invites us to meet Jesus through his interactions with people, as he engages them in honest and sometimes difficult conversations that lead to faith, renewal and transformation.
August devotion: Fashion us
'All Anew' ever and again
An old friend of mine used to say with a smile that you never know what’s going to happen when you invite the Holy Spirit in. But what do we think might happen if we ask the Holy Spirit to guide our thinking and speaking?
Read the devotion for more information on the Thankoffering service.
Minnesota church's no cell phone rule got teens talking
The first rule for the 50 kids from First Lutheran of Marshall, Minn., going on a nine-day trip to Houston to attend the ELCA Youth Gathering, June 27-July 1, was No Cell Phones!
Read what happened.
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