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Faith Formation: Growing in Spirituality Together
So then faith comes by hearing and hearing comes from God.
Romans 10:17
Here are some resources to help you or your family build relationship with God.
Monthly Prayer Pratice:
Dwelling in the Word
This practice involves dwelling in the word with a particular focus on stewardship. In preparation for our Stewardship Campaign in September, I am inviting all of us to engage in prayerful discernment, discernment of the way God has blessed you and your family, discernment of your Godly gifts and talents that you express each and every day, and discernment of God’s call to engage in the work of the Lord for the sake of others.
To learn more about Dwelling in the Word, download this PDF that has helpful tips to get you started and scripture to focus on.
Prayer Stories:
Breath of Life: "I obtained a Christ in Our Home devotional and began doing evening devotions. That ritual gave me a sense of peace and breathed new life into my soul."
Pray Without Ceasing: “Prayer is reorientation away from the preoccupations of this life toward the large, beautiful and trustworthy realm of the Eternal One.”
More On Prayer:
Prayer Ventures: These daily petitions offered by the ELCA can be used as a guide for your own prayer life.
Emotions, Life Themes and Prayer: Check out this list of scriptures that we can use for the emotions that come with life.
Prayer Through the Day: Morning, noon and evening prayers that help you connect and reflect throughout the day.
Daily Devotionals:
Daily Meditations: From the Center of Action and Contemplation (CAC), Richard Rohr provides daily devotionals for those who are looking to deepen prayer practice and strengthen compassionate engagement in the world.
Taking Faith Home:TFH is a weekly guide for guiding faith conversations in your own home. It includes a daily scripture reading, prayers, and a blessing.
Family Focused Devotionals:
Parent Cue has developed devotionals for certain topics like patience, peace, temptation and everyday life helping your kid find tools to develop a faith that goes with them everywhere into everything for every day of their life.
Lectionary Blogs:
Check out the following Lectionary Blogs for more thought on this week's Scripture readings:
Living Lutheran: Doing the Word
Bible Study Resources
The Bible Project makes free resources to help people experience the Bible in a way that is approachable and transformative.
An online Bible in over 2400 different versions. Highlight, take notes, and explore Bible studies available.
Blogs
Relationships and Marriage:
4 Ways You Can Be a Better Friend to Your Spouse
Sometimes we forget to give our partner the same consideration and courtesies that we give our friends. Falling into this habit continuously can erode the sense of mutual respect, care, and affection between you.
So how can you be a better friend to your spouse? Keep reading.
Family Life:
How to Help My Kid Find Their Confidence at Every Phase
Developmentally, kids are wired to subconsciously wrestle with a specific tension. And how we resolve (or don’t resolve) that tension has the power to build or erode a kid’s confidence. There are few universal truths when it comes to parenting, but I think we can all agree that we want our kids to grow up to be confident, self-assured adults. But not in the I’m-bigger-and-better-than-you way—more like confidence in the I-know-who-I-am-and-what-I-stand-for way.
Podcasts
From the staff at Center of Action and Contemplation, Everything Belongs takes a journey to embody wisdom in our daily lives, co-creating a world where everything and everyone belongs.
Duke Professor Kate Bowler is an expert on sharing stories of successes, failures, sufferings, happiness, and everything else that happens.