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Michael T. Lembke
Chaplains & suicide prevention work
I'm reading another John Grisham novel, but that's not what's on my mind today. There are two things I'm pondering in the midst of day-to-day ministry, waiting for the Iraqi government to form and seeing a great reduction in our troop strength: the Study and the Staff...

Mary Frances - The Lutheran Staff Blog
Pray
Recently I was asked to be part of the faith practices team at the ELCA churchwide offices in Chicago.This group was formed to evaluate the discipleship initiative of the last decade and to determine the next steps for the ELCA. We are evaluating whether we should continue to focus on discipleship as a culture through the seven faith practices originally lifted up (pray, study Scripture, worship, invite, encourage, serve and give) or to explore other ways of bringing additional faith practices to the wider church......

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