Devotionals & Prayer

Spark Story Bible Companion Devotional Bundle: Devotional and Psalm Book
The Spark Story Bible Devotions for Kids takes children on a journey through 100 beloved Bible stories with questions for reflection, key verses, prayers, and family activity ideas.
In The Spark Story Bible Psalm Book, fifty of the most well-known psalms are rewritten in child-friendly language.

Our Father in Heaven: A Lord's Prayer Pop-Up Book - by Agostino Traini from Sparkhouse.

Faith@Home -The Episcopal Church provides a year-round weekly email that will include four separate lectionary based reflections and prompts for families (however that is defined) and friend groups. Each section is written by one of our diverse contributors with a specific pairing in mind--Adult to Littles, Adult to Middles , Adult to Bigs and Adult to Adult --so families of all types and sizes can dive deeper into the scriptures together. Additionally, each week will feature one unifying question that reaches across all four reflections.

Faith Lens - Written with teenagers in mind, it is a weekly (during the school year) look at the lessons that uses current events and relevant questions to get people talking. Put out by the ELCA.

Praying in Color - Sybil MacBeth Why Pray in Color?
1) You want to pray but words escape you. 2) Sitting still and staying focused in prayer are a challenge. 3) Your body wants to be part of your prayer. 4) You want to just hang out with God but don’t know how. 5) Listening to God feels like an impossible task . 6) Your mind wanders and your body complains. 7) You want a visual, concrete way to pray. 8) You Need a new way to pray.

Daily Devotional Resource from Spirit & Truth Publishing -
A week's resource includes:

Scripture Verse of the Week
Mealtime Prayer
Daily Bible Readings (that follow the Narrative Lectionary)
Service Challenge
Suggested Devotions Framework
Prayer of the Week
Caring Conversation topics
Prayer Challenge
A Blessing to Share

This resource was designed to be printed as a half-page, double-sided paper often to be inserted into a weekly worship bulletin (which is why we often call it a bulletin insert). However, each week's resource is a separate PDF file that can be sent home to individuals and families. No bulletin required!

Example of a Weekly Family Devotion Guide.

Lutheran Outdoor Ministry's Daily Bread Ministries has partnered with the Christian Camp and Conference Association to provide a 30- day devotional guide for junior and senior high.

Faith Fix - For families or churches you can order a Faith Fix box and have intentional interactive faith activities and devotions at home. Created by an ELCA Children's minister, each box covers a variety of themes.

Lutheran Outdoor Ministry's Daily Bread Ministries has partnered with the Christian Camp and Conference Association to provide a 30- day devotional guide for junior and senior high.

Poem: The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry, animated

Spiritual Practices - Being a faith-filled family isn't only about reading the Bible together, it also includes spiritual practices and the Christian Reformed Church has done the work for you!

Prayers for Faithful Families Everyday Prayers for Everyday Life - byTraci Smith. It equips busy parents with simple prayers, written in ordinary language, for a wide variety of occasions. From everyday moments like mealtime and bedtime to milestones such as the first day of school, the death of a pet, or welcoming a new baby, this book is a resource for creating meaningful faith connections throughout the highs and lows of family life.

Wonder Stories from Lutherhill Camp -Join Pastor Jen Kindsvatter for a delightful series of Wonder Stories recorded at various places at Lutherhill in La Grange. Be sure to check out the Wonder Questions in the comments of each video! (see example below)

Wondering God
Wonderfully Made
Wonderful World
Wrestling with Wonder
Wondering What's Next

Visual Faith Project from Vibrant Faith starts with photographs and then leads the person into deeper conversation about faith.

Prayer Beads - Idea by Jerusalem Jackson Greer who devised a method of traveling the beads while praying The Lord’s Prayer.

Church leadership takes prayerful diligence even in the best of times. This devotional book contains a short devotion for each month of the year, whether for Councils, committees or homes. We pray that it will serve as reminder that we are better together, planting churches, responding to disasters, calling pastors and deacons, doing campus ministry, or supporting a network of global churches. -FREE from the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod