In place of “Off the Shelf,” here are a few blogs, email newsletters, and websites that can encourage, challenge, and support us as we seek to live out our faith daily.

www.patheos.com hosts numerous faith channels (Buddhism, Muslim, evangelical and progressive Christian, etc.) with a wide variety of blogs that address issues of faith. Some of Pastor Jen’s favorites are: Sarcastic Lutheran, Formerly Fundie, Marcus Borg, Brian McClaren, and Irreverin.

www.davidlose.net is the new President of Philadelphia Seminary and sends our daily reflections called “In the Meantime” which explore the state of the church, various biblical readings and the like.

www.enterthebible.org is from Luther seminary and is a great resource for studying the Bible. Pick any book and most passages and they will offer brief commentary as well as other tools to explore the Bible.

www.faithandleadership.org is from Duke Divinity school. This site has numerous resources, blogs, and news items related to the Church.

And don’t forget you can also explore:

www.elca.org as the official website of the ELCA www.mnys.org is the website of the Metro NY Synod