{"id":123,"date":"2008-11-19T01:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-19T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/hungerrumblings\/2008\/11\/19\/i-am-resolved-resources\/"},"modified":"2008-11-19T01:01:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-19T06:01:00","slug":"i-am-resolved-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/i-am-resolved-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I am resolved&#8221; resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/hungerrumblings\/2009\/07\/momandsuepraying-776958-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"momandsuepraying-776958\" title=\"momandsuepraying-776958\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-358\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%\"> I wrote an article about my 30-year journey to get Christmas gift-giving \u201cright\u201d for the December issue of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lutheranwomantoday.org\/\"><span style=\"font-size:85%\">Lutheran Woman Today <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%\">magazine (visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tinyurl.com\/SusieSays\"><span style=\"font-size:85%\">www.tinyurl.com\/SusieSays<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%\">). This article won&#8217;t be featured on the LWT Web site until December, but you can get a sneak peak. The <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elca.org\/Growing-In-Faith\/Ministry\/Women-of-the-ELCA\/Lutheran-Woman-Today\/Articles\/2008\/December\/Susie-Says.aspx\"><span style=\"font-size:85%\">online version <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%\">doesn\u2019t include the picture, so I\u2019m sharing it here. My dad took this picture of me with my mom, my first book of prayers, and my beloved stuffed cat [un]creatively named \u201cKitty.\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:85%\">There are many resources to help &#8220;keep the reason for the season&#8221; during Advent and Christmas, notably <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/order08Birthday\">Whose birthday is it, anyway?<\/a><\/strong> <\/em>by our friends at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simpleliving.org\/\"><span style=\"font-size:85%\">Alternatives for Simple Living.<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:85%\">Don&#8217;t forget the Pentecost (see pages 2, 3, 10) and the Advent&#8211;Easter (see pages 3, 4, 5) editions of ELCA World Hunger&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elca.org\/Our-Faith-In-Action\/Responding-to-the-World\/ELCA-World-Hunger\/Resources\/For-Congregations\/Congregation-Connections.aspx\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size:85%\">Congregation Connections<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%\"><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:85%\">The current issue of ELCA World Hunger&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elca.org\/hunger\/top40\"><span style=\"font-size:85%\"><strong>Top 40 Resources<\/strong> <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%\">catalog highlights our Christmas card, resources connected to ELCA Good Gifts and God&#8217;s Global Barnyard, and other gifts-and-giving helps.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%\">Thankful blessings,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%\">Sue Edison-Swift<\/span><br \/><strong><em><span style=\"font-size:85%\"><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote an article about my 30-year journey to get Christmas gift-giving \u201cright\u201d for the December issue of Lutheran Woman Today magazine (visit www.tinyurl.com\/SusieSays). 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