Daniel Erlander Publications

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If your congregation does first communion on Maundy Thursday, now is a great time to order our A Place for You curriculum, based on the timeless work of Daniel Erlander. This curriculum helps your entire congregation gain a deeper understanding of holy communion. https://bit.ly/3J2Od1e

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Like so many across the church, we grieve the loss of Pastor Daniel Erlander, beloved child of God. His remarkable body of illustrated works spanned decades, conveying a theological point of view that is joyous, generous, and deeply rooted in Scripture. On the morning he died, many across the church were reading Jesus’ words in Luke 14 about who sits where at the table. Throughout his books, Pastor Dan has gifted us with illustrations of tables (dozens of them!) that show what can happen when God’s manna is shared with all.

We give thanks for all the ways that Pastor Dan shared his gifts to help fulfill God’s unfolding promise to mend the entire universe. And we offer up Pastor Dan’s own words: “In the midst of yearning for God’s future, joy abounds. Hope is certain. Jesus declares in the resurrection of Jesus—shalom will come!”

Daniel Erlander’s A Lutheran Welcome series features highly visual and engaging booklets that are designed to capture readers’ attention and help them learn more about the Lutheran expression of faith. Use them to welcome visitors, as part of your new member process, or as a means of engaging your congregation in deeper learning about what it means to be Lutheran! https://bit.ly/3j3GmU5

Manna and Mercy is Daniel Erlander’s accessible and hopeful magnum opus.

Teaching, Learning, and Saying True Things: Faith Formation as an Ongoing Adventure Manna and Mercy is one person’s attempt to say some true and compelling things about the passionately active God who is revealed in the Bible.

Yes, Manna and Mercy is for kids. It’s also for adults. It meets everyone where they are.

What's with the Cartoons? Is This for Kids? When handed a magazine-sized booklet about God that’s dressed like a children’s coloring book, it’s pretty easy to assume it’s not for you.

The Bible takes place in a setting very different from our own, so we tend to traverse it with guides. Daniel Erlander is one of those guides and Manna and Mercy is his best map.

Why Not Just Read the Bible? Manna and Mercy provides a path through the Bible along a trail that takes seriously what God is doing in this world.

Faith helps us get through difficult times. Help kids build that faith with the new interactive edition of Manna and Mercy.

Help Kids Build Durable Faith with Manna and Mercy Having faith doesn’t make the hard things in life go away, but it sure gives kids a grounding to help them deal with those events.

The Manna and Mercy curriculum is out now! Read about the theological backgrounds in the Leader Sourcebook, and make your order today!

Manna and Mercy Theological Backgrounds Interview John Rohde Schwehn, who wrote the theological backgrounds for the Manna and Mercy Leader Sourcebook, talks about Daniel Erlander's theology.

The Manna and Mercy Leader Sourcebook contains reproducible material for self-directed Bible studies. Jessica Davis, who wrote this material, talks about the value of studying the Bible with Manna and Mercy.

Manna and Mercy Bible Study Interview Jessica Davis, who wrote the content for the self-directed Bible studies in the Manna and Mercy Leader Sourcebook, talks about the point of Bible studies.

The Glossary in the Manna and Mercy Leader Sourcebook collects and defines terms from Daniel Erlander’s retelling of the Bible, as well as providing references for where to find out more. Here, Anne Basye, who created the Glossary, talks about that process.

Manna and Mercy Glossary Interview An interview with Anne Basye, who wrote the Glossary in the Manna and Mercy Leader Sourcebook, now available for preorder.