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Briarwood Strategic Land Sale

January 14, 2019 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog By The Rev. Erik K.J. Gronberg, Ph.D.

This message was highlighted in our NT-NL news this morning (Monday January 14th)… Dear Partners in Ministry, For more than two decades, the ministry of Briarwood Retreat Center has been an integral part of the life of the Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana Synod. Purchased from the Presbyterian Church in the mid 1990s, Briarwood became NT-NL’s outdoor ministry expression. Thousands of individuals…

Briarwood Strategic Land Sale

Jan 14, 2019 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog

This message was highlighted in our NT-NL news this morning (Monday January 14th)… Dear Partners in Ministry, For more than two decades, the ministry of Briarwood Retreat ...

Cooperative Baptists

January 10, 2019 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog By The Rev. Erik K.J. Gronberg, Ph.D.

Cooperative Baptists

Jan 10, 2019 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog

This week Briarwood Retreat Center hosted 40 seminarians and mentors from the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship on retreat. We are so grateful for the CBF organizers for choosing ...

Faithful Innovation Project: Minneapolis in Winter

December 19, 2018 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog By The Rev. Erik K.J. Gronberg, Ph.D.

Faithful Innovation Project: Minneapolis in Winter

Dec 19, 2018 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog

Flew up to MSP Tuesday December 11th in the afternoon for a quick gathering of the synod leaders of the six ELCA synods (NT-NL, SE ...

Gaudete Sunday, St. John, Bartlett and other fiestas

December 17, 2018 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog By The Rev. Erik K.J. Gronberg, Ph.D.

Gaudete Sunday, St. John, Bartlett and other fiestas

Dec 17, 2018 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog

In 1883, 135 yrs ago, enterprising immigrants from Germany, seeking a better life and opportunity for their family gathered outside of Bartlett, TX and officially ...

Saint Lucy

December 16, 2018 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog By The Rev. Erik K.J. Gronberg, Ph.D.

Saint Lucy

Dec 16, 2018 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog

December 13th is the Feast Day of St. Lucy of Syracuse. She was martyred in 304 A.D. A Christian Lucy was sainted for her service ...

Region 4 Bishops: ASSEMBLE!

December 15, 2018 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog By The Rev. Erik K.J. Gronberg, Ph.D.

Region 4 Bishops: ASSEMBLE!

Dec 15, 2018 | Bishop Gronberg’s Blog

Dec 4-7th I was in Tulsa, OK meeting with the bishops of the six synods of Region 4 (3 Texas synods, Arkansas-Oklahoma, Central States, Nebraska). ...