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  • Jesus Bears Our Burdens: Everyday Faith Calendar December 2023

    Jesus Bears Our Burdens: Everyday Faith Calendar December 2023

    I never had any interest in watching the 1946 James Stewart Christmas classic, It’s a Wonderful Life, until college. Many adults and teens in my life had droned on about how boring they...

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  • Teaching the Catechism: The Lord’s Supper, Third and Fourth Sections

    Teaching the Catechism: The Lord’s Supper, Third and Fourth Sections

    In this blog, we continue our exploration of the Lord's Supper from Luther's Small Catechism with the Third and Fourth Sections.

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  • Giving Thanks Biblically: November 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Giving Thanks Biblically: November 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    We say the word thanks a lot in a day. We thank our spouse for filling up our coffee, we end emails with the word thanks, and we thank people for holding the door for us. As parents, we...

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  • Heroes: October 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Heroes: October 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    I have no idea what or who my seventeen-month-old daughter will dress up as for our upcoming Halloween events. These days, it’s a big responsibility to make sure that your family costumes...

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  • Curriculum Overview | Luther's Small Catechism for Kids3:32

    Curriculum Overview | Luther's Small Catechism for Kids

    Students from 2nd - 5th grade can start learning about Luther's Small Catechism NOW with the new Luther's Small Catechism for Kids curriculum. In this video we go over how to use the curriculum and ho

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  • The One Thing: September 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    The One Thing: September 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    “Don’t you see how hard I’m working?” “I feel like my work goes unappreciated.” “It seems like no matter what I do, it’s never enough. There’s always one more thing.”

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  • Curriculum Overview | Learning about Sex Education Curriculum4:56

    Curriculum Overview | Learning about Sex Education Curriculum

    Mary Laesch, editor of the new Learning about Sex Education Curriculum, shares details of why this curriculum is important and how to use it in the classroom and/or at home. Order today at https://

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  • How to Talk to Kids about God’s Design for Men and Women

    How to Talk to Kids about God’s Design for Men and Women

    Our children face numerous challenges today, such as topics of conversation happening before they are ready to hear them, pressures regarding their identity, and more. When it comes to...

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  • Meal Time Investment: August 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Meal Time Investment: August 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Before having kids, my husband and I believed that family dinners would come naturally. Neither of our parents seemed to have much trouble making this happen, so we thought we wouldn’t...

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  • Growing in God: July 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Growing in God: July 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

     “What dis?” my son asked, pointing to the ultrasound picture of our baby, due next month. “Baby brother!” I said, pointing to the picture and pointing to my tummy. Then I dug around in a...

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  • Faithful in Prayer: June 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Faithful in Prayer: June 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    There’s a joke in my family that my older sister was baptized in the kitchen sink by my maternal grandmother. I have no idea whether the tale is tall or true, but I can imagine it might...

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  • Making Space: May 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Making Space: May 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    I walk into the sanctuary with my newborn daughter strapped into a baby carrier and a diaper bag on my back. I’m only a few minutes early to service, but it’s a relatively empty space....

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  • Challenges Christian Parents Are Facing in Education

    Challenges Christian Parents Are Facing in Education

    In the 1970s and ’80s, I went to public schools from kindergarten through my first year of college. . . . It wasn’t a Christian environment by any means, but it was a decent education....

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  • 3 Verses for Parenthood: April 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    3 Verses for Parenthood: April 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Having my daughter last spring has definitely changed my walk with Christ. Busy days come with sleepless nights and quiet moments are often broken with cute coos and not-as-cute cries...

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  • Keeping the Faith: March 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Keeping the Faith: March 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    “I’d be LIVID if someone prayed with/to/at my kids.” My heart leapt into my throat and then sank as I read these words from a Facebook group on parenting. The original post had asked for...

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  • Overview for Enduring Faith Grades 5 and 65:01

    Overview for Enduring Faith Grades 5 and 6

    Enduring Faith Religion Curriculum for grades 5-8 is here! Senior Editor, Lisa Clark, shares an introduction for 5th & 6th grade and how they fit into the Enduring Faith Religion Curriculum Family. Or

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  • Overview for Enduring Faith Grades 7 and 85:01

    Overview for Enduring Faith Grades 7 and 8

    Enduring Faith Religion Curriculum for grades 5-8 is here! Senior Editor, Lisa Clark, shares an introduction for 7th & 8th grade and how they fit into the Enduring Faith family. Order yours today at:

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  • Repetition: February 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Repetition: February 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    The words of Proverbs 3:1–4 tumble around in my head and heart often as I go through my day with my three small children:

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  • Teaching Ideas for the Catechism: First Five Commandments

    Teaching Ideas for the Catechism: First Five Commandments

    The month of January marks not only a new year but the start of a fresh series of blogs for Sunday School teachers. The plan over the coming months is to reflect upon and offer teaching...

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  • Building: January 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Building: January 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    “Can you please help me, Mom?”My six-year-old son asked me this when he was working on a new LEGO building bricks set and got stuck on a step in the directions.

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