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Partnered Synods Meet at Briarwood

October 30, 2019 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog By The Rev. Erik K.J. Gronberg, Ph.D.

It has been a privilege to host bishops and leaders from five ELCA synods (Indiana-Kentucky, North Carolina, Southwestern Washington, Upstate New York, and NT-NL Synod, ELCA) at Briarwood Leadership Center. We were led through conversations around congregational transition and how to engage the grief associated with that work in productive ways. Monday-Wednesday Oct 28-30 NT-NL…

Partnered Synods Meet at Briarwood

Oct 30, 2019 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog

It has been a privilege to host bishops and leaders from five ELCA synods (Indiana-Kentucky, North Carolina, Southwestern Washington, Upstate New York, and NT-NL Synod, ...

Reformation Sunday 2019

October 28, 2019 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog By The Rev. Erik K.J. Gronberg, Ph.D.

Reformation Sunday 2019

Oct 28, 2019 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog

Have my red shirt and Reformation Sunday socks on. Commemorate 502 years since that fateful day in Wittenberg. A day that changed the world and ...

TLU President, LEAD, and #MilesandMiles

October 26, 2019 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog By The Rev. Erik K.J. Gronberg, Ph.D.

TLU President, LEAD, and #MilesandMiles

Oct 26, 2019 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog

Saturday Oct 26th was the inauguration of Dr. Debbie Cottrell as President of Texas Lutheran University. It was a hopeful and powerful day of promise ...

Joy, Rockwall, Pumpkins, New Bishops, and Tornadoes

October 22, 2019 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog By The Rev. Erik K.J. Gronberg, Ph.D.

Joy, Rockwall, Pumpkins, New Bishops, and Tornadoes

Oct 22, 2019 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog

A #milesandmiles Sunday October 20th in NT-NL Synod, ELCA. Bishop’s Associate Kris Totzke was far into the panhandle this morning at Oslo Lutheran, Gruver. She ...

MEF Dinner and a Busy Saturday across NT-NL

October 20, 2019 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog By The Rev. Erik K.J. Gronberg, Ph.D.

MEF Dinner and a Busy Saturday across NT-NL

Oct 20, 2019 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog

Saturday Oct 19th was a big time across NT-NL Synod, ELCA. In the morning pastors and leaders from 4 congregations gathered at Paul Quinn College for a meeting ...

SW PA and Atatiana Jefferson; Responding to our Neighbor

October 16, 2019 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog By The Rev. Erik K.J. Gronberg, Ph.D.

SW PA and Atatiana Jefferson; Responding to our Neighbor

Oct 16, 2019 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog

Grateful to have had the opportunity to keynote the fall theological conference with the SWPA Lutheran Synod at Antiochian Village Conference and Retreat Center. We ...

Atatiana Jefferson and Responsibility to the Neighbor

October 15, 2019 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog By The Rev. Erik K.J. Gronberg, Ph.D.

Atatiana Jefferson and Responsibility to the Neighbor

Oct 15, 2019 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog

The week of October 7th our NT-NL Leadership Convocation focused on confronting systemic and institutionalized racism in our churches and communities. It was a powerful ...

Witness on the Border: Asylum Seekers Need Our Attention and Advocacy

October 11, 2019 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog By The Rev. Erik K.J. Gronberg, Ph.D.

Witness on the Border: Asylum Seekers Need Our Attention and Advocacy

Oct 11, 2019 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog

The last weekend of August NT-NL Synod, ELCA leaders and myself traveled along with almost 100 ecumenical leaders to the Texas/Mexico border. There we engaged ...