Additional Resources

Pastors and thought leaders I follow

• Rev. Benjamin R. Cremer | Pastor, Speaker, Author
• Mark Sandlin – Facebook
• Christian Nationalism & Biblical Truth | Pastor Brandon
• Timothy Keller
• Red Letter Christians – What if Jesus really meant what he said?

Influencers

• What You Should Know about Rich Mullins | Christianity.com

Ecumenism & related documents

• Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification
• ELCA Full Communion Partners
• A handbook of Spiritual Ecumenism  by Cardinal Walter Kasper

ELCA Specific resources

• Journal of Lutheran Ethics
• We are Christians against Christian Nationalism
• Faith and Civic Life Seeking the Wellbeing of All Social Statement
• Civic Life & Faith. Article 38
• ELCA Bishops Letter – Christian Nationalism

Christian Spirituality By Henri J.M. Nouwen

• The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
• The Wounded Healer
• The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom
• The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
• Spiritual Direction: Wisdom for the Long Walk of Faith
• Out of Solitude: Three Meditations on the Christian Life
• Making All Things New: An Invitation to the Spiritual Life

Christian Spirituality By Various Authors

• The Way to Love: by Anthony de Mello
• The Discerning Heart: Exploring the Christian Path by Wilkie Au (Author), Noreen Cannon Au (Author)
• What’s Your Decision? by J. Michael Sparough, SJ, Tim Hipskind, SJ, and Jim Manney
• Protestant Spiritual Traditions, Volume One by Frank C Senn 
• The Essential Spirituality Handbook (Essential Handbooks) by Wendy Wright PhD
• The Ignatian Tradition by Burke & Burke Sullivan
• Rediscovering the Lost Body-Connection Within Christian Spirituality: The Missing Link for Experiencing Yourself in the Body of the Whole Christ is a Changing Relationship to Your Own Body by Peter A. Campbell and Edwin M. McMahon
• Spiritual Direction With Survivors of Sexual Trauma by Anne Richardson

Other interests and authors

• John Mark Comer – Practicing the Way & The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
• Pete Scazerro – Emotionally Healthy Spirituality (series)

Fact Checking

Primary Resources
https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check
https://www.factcheck.org/
https://www.usatoday.com (search for “fact check”)
https://thedispatch.com/category/fact-check/
https://leadstories.com/
https://www.poynter.org/news/fact-checking/
https://www.politifact.com
https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/tag/fact-check
https://www.snopes.com/
https://checkyourfact.com/

*(All of the above are members of the International Fact-Checking Network. Becoming a signatory requires a demonstrated commitment to using unbiased sources, relying on primary material, identifying multiple lines of evidence and including links to all of the above so readers can replicate their work. Signatories of the IFCN Code of Principles are subjected to the established vetting process and evaluated by external assessors. Through this process, an organization must exhibit a commitment to nonpartisanship and fairness, transparency of sources, transparency of funding and organization, transparency of methodology, and a commitment to open and honest corrections.)

SECONDARY (sometimes helpful) SOURCES:
https://www.opensecrets.org/
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/
https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news
The new BBC Verify

Wonder who fact-checks the fact-checkers? Please read this:
https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2024/who-fact-checks-the-fact-checkers/