Below are some links to resources that you may find helpful in your faith journey. Please check back on this page as we occasionally add new resources we find helpful.
Jotham’s Journey: A Storybook for the Christmas Season
These are great resources for you and your family to use to have fun and talk about your faith in your homes this Christmas season.
There are 4 books in this series:
Book 1: Jotham’s Journey
Book 2: Tabitha’s Travels
Book 3: Bartholomew’s Passage
Book 4: Ishtar’s Odyssey
These books are fun for the whole family and are full of action and excitement, pirates and kidnappings, and they are great stories. They are set at the time of Jesus’ birth and there are discussion questions and thoughts at the end of each chapter to help you and your family discuss and apply the Biblical lessons learned. It is great to read a different book each Christmas season.
Many of our Waters Edge families have enjoyed these books and now you can, too. Just click here and order it today.
At-Home Resources
21 Days Together – One of our daily resources is from our friends at “The Red Letter 40-Day Challenge” which we experienced this past fall. The new challenge is called “21 Days Together”. Twenty-one churches have banded together to create the #21DaysTogether movement. This started on Thursday, March 19th. Click here to join the challenge.
You Are Forgiven Radio – These weekly sermons always deliver Christ crucified.
Thinking Fellows, “COVID-19” – Dr. Scott Keith, Caleb Keith and Dan Price to talk about the impact and responses to the coronavirus. We also look at Martin Luther’s letters on the plague in the sixteenth century, and talk about vocation and proclamation in these trying times.
30 Minutes in the New Testament – Dan Price and Erick Sorensen are currently exploring the Book of Luke. This would be a great opportunity to “binge listen” to their series!
40 Minutes in the Old Testament – Dan Price and Chad Bird are moving chapter by chapter through the Old Testament, diving into scripture, and conversing about the sinner and saint aspects of God’s Word.
Christian History Almanac – This five-minute podcast consists of stories from the past about the saints and sinners who have shaped the history of the church and concludes with a piece of prose or poetry and the reminder that everything is going to be okay.
Videos/LIVE
All of our 1517 Academy courses are available for free – These courses, which typically last between four to eight weeks, provide in-depth investigations into a variety of topics.
Christ Hold Fast Daily Devotional – Tune in LIVE every morning as Christ Hold Fast Contributors give a brief devotional to start the day.
Articles
COVID-19 and a Time of Uncertainty – Here are some reflections from my son Caleb on the Christian response to COVID-19.
Marrying a Nun to Prepare for the End of the World – Chad Bird reminds us that, in the vortex of uncertainty and upheaval, the best thing we can do is to “seize the ordinary.”
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Lenten Devotional Series
During our Ash Wednesday service we all were encouraged to add some focused time with Jesus and His Word between now and Easter. Here are some great resources to help you with that from Lutheran Hour Ministries. It also has an app that posts daily and reminds you of each new devotional. God bless you all as you grow closer to Jesus and one another.
Spiritual Gift Inventory
How do you begin using the spiritual gifts God put inside of you? You’ve got to know what they are before you can use them. Click here to download a Spiritual Gift Inventory that will help you identify the spiritual gifts God has bestowed upon you.
Weekly Sermon Archive
Missed this week’s service or would like to hear a sermon one more time? Catch each week’s sermon online via streaming video.