Navigate THRED's New Layout and Join the Conversation

We're confident you'll like THRED's new look and layout. At THRED you'll find contributors and visitors who are interested in what you have to say. Here you'll encounter honest exchanges about the things that matter, the things we think about, as well as the big issues like God and faith and Jesus.
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Blessing Others During Christmas: the Men's NetWork GIVES BACK

This year between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, the Men's NetWork is encouraging men's groups to help others out during the holidays. Different from our spring WORK DAY event, GIVES BACK is a chance for guys to "pay it forward" in response to the blessings they receive from God.
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Mongolia Awaits!

For 2020, Gospel Adventures is taking students, teachers, and adventurous learners to Mongolia for a five-day learning expedition to this country on the other side of the planet.
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Dollar-Doubling Grant to Empower LHM's Ministry Outreach

With Thanksgiving a couple of weeks out, Lutheran Hour Ministries has an excellent opportunity for your year-end gifts to expand their ministry reach. A $200,000 matching grant will boost your donation by doubling the dollars of your gift. Your contribution will help expand the audience reach of The Lutheran Hour, go toward the development of new LHM Learn courses, be put into creating online content for THRED's digital outreach venture, and help expand LHM's global ministry footprint.
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Seasonal Messages to Share the Savior's Story

This year's Advent devotions, Call His Name Jesus, by LHM's Theological Writer Dr. Kari Vo, will once again be a Christmas blessing to many thousands this year.
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The Discomfort with Dismantling

A few years ago, my husband and I began exploring the possibility of moving into a new home. Having done a bit of research, we identified neighborhoods and entered our preferences into an online search bar, along with our price limits. We were disappointed by how few homes met our qualifications, but were excited to find a single, promising, slightly suspicious possibility: a spacious home, in a top-notch school district, priced inexplicably lower than comparable properties.
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