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September 2004

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Departments

Voices


Give Us This Day
Everyday Miracles
Marj Leegard

Mothering Seasons
Life in the Parentheses
Anne Basye

Reader Call
In what ways does your daily life give evidence of God's presence?


Women of the ELCA Grants Program

Helping Restart Lives
Doris Strieter

Bible Study
Everyday Surprises: The Parables of Jesus

Audrey West
Session 1: God in the Everyday

Seven parables are collected in chapter 13 of the Gospel of Matthew. We will examine two of them, particularly the one about a bread-baking woman, to discern the miraculous and hidden growth of something small and ordinary into the all-embracing realm of God.

IdeaNet
Tell us about community service projects that your women's group organizes or participates in.

Grace Notes
Living in the Sacred
Linda Post Bushkofsky

Amen!
Fertile Faith
Catherine Malotky

God In The Everyday
Intercessor: Praying on Behalf of Others
Joyce M. Bowers
Prayer connects us to God and one another. When we pray for others, we hold them up to the One who knows best how to help.

Grace for the journey: Our Experiences Offer Growth and Gifts
Sonia C. Solomonson
Embracing God's goodness, we find meaning on life's journey as well as in the final destination.

Listening to God: Everyday Discernment
Debra K. Farrington
Discernment is about listening for God's guidance regularly
— something each of us can do. Enjoy an excerpt from Farrington's new book and discover a resource created especially for Women of the ELCA.

Calling All Angels: Grace in an Unlikely Package
Clare La Plante
Who or what are angels? A look at the messengers among us.


Finding the Way Home

Ingrid Christiansen
Join the women of Genesis House on a spiritual retreat to Holden Village. See how the paths became parables to them, and like all parables, the meaning grows and grows.

Life of Bread, Bread of Life

Linda Witte Henke
From simple ingredients comes sustenance for life. A look at bread, life, and faith.

Plus...
Question of the Month
This month's question and your answers concerning where you find examples of God's work in daily life.

Action & Advocacy Guide
Resources and links to help you in your advocacy efforts.

Directory of Reader Services
Valuable information for every reader.

September 2004 LWT cover
Cover Art
Laurie Luczak
Featured Articles in This Issue
"Intercessor: Praying
  on Behalf of Others"
-by Joyce M. Bowers
"Calling All Angels:
  Grace in an Unlikely
  Package"
-by Clare La Plante
"Finding the Way
  Home"
-by Ingrid Christiansen
"Life of Bread, Bread
  of Life"
-by Linda Witte Henke