Redeemer Lutheran Church and Preschool
October 2026 Spirit Call: You Don't Have Anything to Prove in God's Family
In this month’s lead article, Pastor John admits to a temptation every preacher knows and invites us into Jesus’ story of two men who went up to the temple to pray. Only one went home justified, and it wasn’t the one with the impressive résumé. Also in this issue: why Lutherans remember October 31, news from our Faith Community Nurse, Social Ministry, and Preschool, and details on the Halloween Trunk-or-Treat. Read the full issue here.
Download it here: Spirit Call October 2026
September 2026 Spirit Call: Love Anyway.
Jesus said the world would know we are his disciples by our love for one another. But what does that actually mean, especially when love and warm feelings don't always show up together?
This month's Spirit Call takes a look at what Jesus meant by "love," what it looks like in practice, and where our feelings fit into all of it.
Download it here: Spirit Call September 2026
August 2026 Spirit Call: What Is Real Faith?
Jonah believed everything true about God. He just didn't want it to be true. This issue asks what faith actually looks like when belief and trust pull in different directions, and celebrates the many different shapes faith takes among us. Read the full August issue of Spirit Call.
Download here: Spirit Call August 2026
In the July 2026 Issue
Nobody brags about stealing. Nobody brags about lying. But "I've been so busy lately" gets said with a little pride, and we all nod along. The command is rest. And it turns out we have almost no idea what to do with it. Somewhere along the way, rest became something we apologize for. We treat it as time we have to justify, a break we have to earn, or a luxury for people with lighter schedules than ours. Scripture treats it differently. Rest shows up as a command, which is strange enough. But it also shows up as a gift, which is stranger still. The July issue of Spirit Call sits with that tension: what rest actually is, why God insists on it, and grace for those whose lives don't allow much of it right now.
Read the issue here: Download the July 2026 issue of Spirit Call
In the June 2026 Issue
Grace is not primarily a feeling. It is a posture, a way of moving through the world that flows from what Christ has done for you. When rightly received, it sets a hook in your soul that keeps pulling you toward people, even when everything in you would rather pull away.
This issue asks what that actually looks like in real life.
- Do You Want to Be Happy? - The world's strategy of bitterness feels like protection. It isn't. Page 2
- Grace Is Not Soft - Real grace is costly, clear-eyed, and stronger than vengeance. Pages 4
- Frank's Story - An executive out for a walk, an empty parking lot, and a man with a large knife. Page 6
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