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What is "Life Renewed"?

God brings new life in unexpected ways and in the most unlikely situations. This devotional reflects on how God does this in the creation of all things, the Israelites’ rescue from slavery in Egypt, the dry bones and Ezekiel, the fiery furnace, the big fish and Jonah, and more. Life Renewed provides devotions for each day from Ash Wednesday to the Resurrection of Our Lord/Vigil of Easter (March 5 to April 19, 2025). The devotions begin with evocative images and brief scripture readings drawn from traditional Easter Vigil texts. The writers then bring their diverse voices and pastoral wisdom to the texts with quotations to ponder, reflections, and prayers.

Who is it for?

These devotions are for everyone! Read together in a daily practice as a family, keep in your car or work bag for on-the-go moments, or on your bedside table for a bedtime reflection. This pocket-sized devotional with beautiful images and varied stories and questions is easily accessible to kids, youth, teens, adults, and seniors. Great for gifts and care packages. (Ask about large print and ebook versions!)

What are some ways to share this devotional?

This devotional is easy to share far and wide! Here are some options to get you started!

Have youth pass out to congregation during children’s message

Pass out in group meetings

Use as an openers or closer to a meeting

Bring to homebound congregants

Send to college students

Hand out in senior homes

Who are the contributors?

Paul E. Hoffman is a retired ELCA pastor who writes and teaches from his home in Mukilteo, Washington.

David L. Miller directs retreats for the Christos Center for Spiritual Formation (Lino Lakes, Minnesota) and blogs a prayingthemystery.blogspot.com. He and his wife, Dixie, live in Downers Grove, Illinois.

Stacey Nalean-Carlson lives in Decorah, Iowa, with her spouse and three teenage children, writing and wondering at God’s goodness.

Jennifer Phelps has been a pastor for twenty-one years and is a regular contributor to worship and devotional resources.

Lisa A. Smith, a writer and ELCA pastor, lives in Anchorage, Alaska, with her three children and spouse. Her blog “Bedtime Theology” is at pastorlisawrites.com.

Harvard Stephens Jr. serves as the interim pastor of St. Philip’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Baltimore, Maryland.

What will surprise me in "Life Renewed"?

Our contributors have answered this question and more on our blog at https://blog.augsburgfortress.org/life-renewed-diving-into-lenten-devotions