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Cafe is a free, monthly online magazine for and with young adult women, created and produced by Women of the ELCA, the women's organization of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

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    • Jun 16, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    Mother figures

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 7:22


    Some give birth to us, the mothers who held us in their wombs. Sometimes we grow up with them, and sometimes they give us our best chance in the arms of other mother figures.

    What the Bible says about bodies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 7:05


    Scripture has a lot to say about bodies. From Genesis to Revelation, law and Gospel, prophets to Jesus, the message can be a bit mixed.

    Lamenting together

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 6:44


    What do you lament about the past year? by Sarah S. Scherschligt

    The uncertainty of in-between times

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 7:11


    Even though we are living in in-between times, we are not standing still.

    Long live Galentine's Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 6:27


    Tears and Laughter

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2020 8:03


    We have a God who waits with us, weeps with us, and holds us in the terrible unknowing.

    Reclaiming Gratitude

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 6:24


    We must find ways to reclaim gratitude, now as much as ever.

    Just be

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 6:32


    Be still. During this challenging time, let us remember that we are enough.

    How are you?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 6:18


    It's okay not to be okay.

    The truths we tell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2020 8:01


    A pastor shares about how to respond when someone tells you #metoo.

    Feels like Good Friday

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2020 5:25


    At times, we struggle to recognize Jesus in our midst.

    Grace in the wilderness

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2020 5:29


    This pandemic has brought fear, isolation anduncertainty into our daily routines. How can we find grace and share it with others?

    The only way through grief

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020 9:31


    A college chaplain reflects on the grief process and how it affects us during the pandemic. 

    That me—God’s beloved

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2020 8:43


    The truth is that we are God’s Beloved.

    The grace of an unbalanced life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2020 6:33


    Maybe we shouldn't desire having balance in our lives. We occasionally need to give ourselves times to be unbalanced.

    Advent: A season of Illumination

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2019 8:17


    We walk alongside four people from the New Testament as they navigate loss, failure, disruption and change.

    Let’s talk about debt, baby

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2019 7:27


    By recognizing who we are and whose we are, we can get rid of shame for having debt.

    Are you a sometimes Scripture reciter?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2019 5:19


    Slow down. Try to read your favorite Bible passages in a new light.

    What Scripture says about God’s love

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2019 6:18


    God loves us so much, God rescues us and gives us new life.

    What the Bible says about rejection

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2019 8:18


    Rejection happens. God is there.

    Running from rest

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2019 6:30


    Taking time to rest can feel impossible but it is also helps us create possibilities.

    Scripture and loving my body

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2019 7:04


    Our bodies matter.

    Holy witnesses to the Resurrection

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019 6:56


    We are all qualified to be proclaimers of new life, truth and the power of possibility.

    Easter joy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 7:50


    The Lenten and Easter seasons show us that we will survive the brokenness of this world.

    Love your neighbor as yourself

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2019 7:25


    Loving yourself so you can love your neighbor

    Belonging to the body of Christ

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2019 8:23


    How can we work together, with our abilities and disabilities, to strengthen our lives together as followers of Christ?

    Beyond Perfection

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2019 7:19


    This time of year we strive to make changes—to be a little more perfect. But God doesn’t want us to be perfect.

    Called to wait expectantly

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2018 6:59


    Advent is time for waiting— but not idly twiddling our thumbs. Rather, we are called to wait expectantly.

    Traditions to break or create

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2018 7:30


    Traditions should connect us to our family and God.

    The gift and challenge of regret

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2018 7:38


    We rise and we fall—we may have regrets but God is still with us.

    The First Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2018 6:45


    The loving presence of God remains steady even as seasons change in our lives.

    Troubled Waters: Our baptismal identity

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2018 6:32


    Our baptismal identity means that we are claimed by God and marked with the cross of Christ forever.

    We are claimed in the wilderness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2018 6:38


    Jesus is baptized and named the Beloved and then is immediately driven to the wilderness. Comforting or disturbing, this is life. Transition happens.

    The revolutionary act of self-care

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2018 7:43


    The more you can love yourself, the more you can love God. There is more to self-care besides pampering. Do you agree?

    This is my home

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2018 7:21


    What does a gender just world look like to you?

    Vocation and timing

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2018 6:46


    When it comes to finding our vocation, timing matters.

    Minimalism, Christianity and Lent

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2018 6:07


    February 2018 - Falling in love with me

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2018 6:51


    We often fail to follow or even understand Jesus’ second greatest commandment.

    January 2018 - Finding your passion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2018 7:10


    Sometimes we know our passions, other times our passions choose us. Consider the story of Esther in the Bible.

    December 2017 - Sharing God's Presence Through Friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2017 8:01


    November 2017 - Fear in the Bible

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2017 7:25


    Fear is a very common theme in the Bible. What can we learn from these examples for our lives today?

    October 2017- Change keeps on changing

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2017 8:08


    A mother learns to walk with her child during changes.

    September 2017- Rest and risk

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2017 6:11


    A pastor shares what she learned after taking a sabbatical.

    August 2017 - Perfect weakness

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2017 5:45


     A pastor shares what she learned after her divorce.

    July 2017- Offering a true apology

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2017 7:23


    We hurt others; others hurt us. We need to give apologies, and we need to hear them. Do you know how to apologize?

    June 2017 - You've got me feeling emojis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2017 6:32


    The Real Housewives weren't the first ones to express anger by flipping tables. Jesus expressed anger too. We are created in God's image. Anger is part of our human experience and it can be helpful too.

    May 2017- Finding your people

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2017 7:11


    A young woman shares tips for finding authentic community after a move.

    March 2017 - The Gospel of Waffles (April 2015)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2017 6:57


    A college student started a waffle ministry on her campus. How can you serve your community?

    February 2017 - Lent, A Time to Rehydrate

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2017 7:41


    A woman shares what she learned after a breakup and how we can stay hydrated (by baptismal water) for Lent.

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    January 2017 - Dinner Church, Food for a Hangry World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2017 7:52


    A pastor learned about how serving dinner helped her church grow.

    December 2016 - Preparing the way, an Advent devotional

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2016 9:18


    How are you preparing for Christmas? A college student creates an Advent devotional for campus or home.

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