May 2024 Devotional on Mental Health and Wellness by Elise Seyfried
As long as humans have existed, there has been mental illness. By some estimates, as many as 20% of all adults live with a mental health issue. In biblical times,…
Wonderfully hidden
by Elise Seyfried God, unlike camouflaged creatures, really wants to be found. “Those who have found God in the cross of Jesus Christ know how wonderfully God hides himself in…
A hand when we’re falling
by Elise Seyfried We can all be guardrails. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME you fell out of bed? For a toddler just graduating from the confines of a crib, the…
Our holy longing
…what are we, waiting for? ELISE SEYFRIED is the author of four books of humorous spiritual essays. Elise is director of spiritual formation at Christ’s Lutheran Church in Oreland, Pennsylvania….
Emergence
…and beauty of life. The baby’s life. My life. All of our lives. Elise Seyfried is the author of five books of humorous spiritual essays. Elise recently retired after 20…
Who dies by suicide?
…forever. Elise Seyfried is the author of five books of humorous spiritual essays. Elise recently retired after 20 years as director of spiritual formation at Christ Lutheran Church in Oreland,…
God’s gift list
…of these implications in reflections by Elise Seyfried (p. 12) and Jennifer Ginn (p. 44), where God’s list functions a bit like a GPS (maybe in this case, a G…
The blessings of a nap
By Elise Seyfried WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I spent a lot of time with my dad’s mom, my beloved Nana. Nana would rent a cottage at the New Jersey shore…
I’m a Martha. My kitchen is my holy place.
By Elise Seyfried I AM NO STRANGER TO SACRED SPACES. For 20 years I worked at a church where, several times each week, I’d leave my office, slip into the…
