Augsburg Fortress

06/16/2026

Summer is here! Let's celebrate with 20% off your favorite graduation books, Unscheduled Grace and We Rise Higher. Both prayer and poem collections are perfect gifts for upcoming graduation parties. Use code GRADGIFTS now until the end of June.

06/16/2026

Check out this great webinar on Thursday from our sister imprint!

🚨New webinar alert!🚨

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, many of us are asking what democracy really means in this moment. Join us for a timely conversation aimed at bringing clarity, context, and encouragement for the road ahead.

Our panel of author experts will offer:
- Understanding on how misinformation is shaping democracy today
- Insight into the myths and realities of America’s history
- Tools for navigating conversations and staying engaged

Defending our democracy starts with understanding the forces that are trying to distort it. This conversation will help you look critically and with hopeful discernment.

Register now: https://hubs.ly/Q04l5w820

06/15/2026

There's a lot of excitement for Lutheran Yes! Thank you to all our wonderful contributors who made this curriculum so special.

It's here! The new confirmation curriculum, "Lutheran Yes!" is out now! (The section I wrote for, Lutheran Theology, comes out in the Fall.) If Confirmation was an RPG with decks, adventures, and quests! I am legit obsessed.

"Lutheran Yes! moves beyond lecture-based learning. Each 10-session unit includes predictable rhythms—Gather, Focus, Discover, Send—that help students build trust, engage Scripture, and connect faith to daily life. At the heart of every session is a set of Quests, giving students meaningful choices about how they want to explore key topics through tactile, collaborative, reflective, and creative activities."

https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/category/287325/Lutheran-Yes-

06/12/2026

"June is often known as the month of HAPPY - school endings, summer vacations…water-everything.

And yet for me, I typically enter the month of June in the same heart space that I left May:

Empty yet encouraged.
Heavy yet hopeful.
Weary yet wondering."
https://hubs.li/Q04lbK1r0

06/03/2026

Out now! Sing Many Names invites readers to learn more about the abundant images for God in the Bible by dedicating each chapter to an image or group of related images. Great for pastors and musicians, teachers and students, and anyone who loves to sing.

06/02/2026

It's here! Our new confirmation curriculum Lutheran Yes! is out now!

Student-led👩‍🎓
Hands-on🙌
& super fresh🕺

Your students want you to say YES to this one!

06/01/2026

Great recommendations from our sister imprint to celebrate Pride Month!

At Broadleaf Books, we celebrate q***r authors and q***r stories during and all year long. Discover reads that address many topics and celebrate the diversity and beauty of q***r literature.

05/29/2026

This is your reminder to sign up for our third Serving Through Song Webinar, now featuring Tom Trenney.

Scripture assures us that whenever two or more are gathered, Christ is in our midst. But often when two or more worship leaders are gathered, conflict and concern can be in our midst as well. Tom Trenney shares stories and ideas to help us nurture and sustain positive relationships with pastors, choir members, congregants, and colleagues as we live into our calling to music ministry.

Register for FREE now: https://hubs.li/Q04jlQgS0

05/27/2026

"As our “ism-ridden” nation routinely “hocks and spits” out Black, Brown, immigrant, and LGBTQIA+ and their allies……it sure doesn’t feel like Spring. Surely, the devastation of the division happening to our country is enough to keep any of us curled up in bed.

Wherever and however this blog finds you: Welcome to May, indeed.

Here in Minnesota, May is the month of “just around the corner” sun and “here and not yet” summer. This is the month of nature blossoming into its fullest forms… which typically includes itchy eyes, scratchy throats, and those pesky mosquito bites.

And yet, there is something to be said for living amongst such diverse forms of God’s creation - not merely to scan for the irritating chapters, but also to witness the expansiveness of life that extends beyond the frustrating and into the awe-someness of knowing that every form of life was designed to bring value to Kin_dom. Each living thing has purpose, and has everything they need inside of themselves to blossom into God’s fearfully and wonderfully made plan.

Isn’t it fascinating that somehow each form of God’s creation inherently knows what it needs in order to become what God has ordained it to become?"
https://hubs.li/Q04j1K1c0

05/24/2026

Happy Pentecost Sunday! Celebrate with Thomas Keesecker's vibrant anthem "O Holy Spirit, Root of Life," which has a light, dance-like energy that mirrors the Spirit's lively presence. Enjoy!

Print & digital music at https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/productgroup/3409/O-Holy-Spirit-Root-of-LifeAvailable at http://preludemusicplanner.orgby Tho...