Elsa Anders Cook
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Prayers for the Second Sunday of Easter
These prayers were written after searching long and hard for other prayers. I didn’t want to write my own. I wanted anyone else’s words to magnify my hopes for worship this Sunday but I just couldn’t find what I was… Continue reading
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Prayer Psalm for Trinity Sunday
In the United States, there will be a celebration of Memorial Day on the same weekend that the church calendar invites us to reflect on the Holy Trinity. Living overseas in Germany, watching and reading how my country of origin… Continue reading
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Self-Guided Retreats to Wander in the Nearby Cities and Forests
Though I haven’t written much about our adventures through Europe in the past year, my family and I have been busy exploring Europe. We have seen and done a lot in our brief time here and it feels like there… Continue reading
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Resurrection Anytime for Easter Worship Celebrations Anywhere
Though we are long past the coronatide season of needing to worship anywhere but inside a church building, my family and I are living in Germany where we do not have a church. It’s not that there aren’t churches here.… Continue reading
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NEW Downloadable Retreats to Explore the Wonder of Place
In the middle of Lent, I found myself without my children or my husband in an unfamiliar city in Germany. My mind is often filled with caring for other people and tending to the things that need to be done… Continue reading
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Psalm for the Second Sunday after Pentecost
In these early days of summer when school has not yet released, the church calendar is so often filled with all the celebrations. Pride. Graduations. Confirmation. Every Sunday it seems like there is a really good reason to have cake.… Continue reading
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One Worship Bulletin for the Whole Summer
When I was writing pandemic prayers, I thought to offered this blessing. I thought I did but I can’t find where I mentioned it even if I never offered a resource. That changes now because this is such an easy… Continue reading
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Psalm for the Fifth Sunday in Lent
Lent has felt like a wilderness this year. It began without ashes for me and I haven’t found a rhythm to the living of these days. Two weeks ago, I wandered through the streets of Cologne with one of my… Continue reading
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Starry Christmas Morning Worship
Christmas morning falls on a Sunday this year. Just a few hours after the good news of Christ’s birth is shared at the late, late service on Saturday night, a few of the faithful will gather again to share in… Continue reading
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Candlelighting in the Shadows of Advent
Advent begins with one candle flickering in the shadows. It is then that we start to pay attention. It is when that match strikes that we start to notice the fullness of the shadows. It is not just dark or… Continue reading
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