Holden Village Continuing Education
This morning my family and I will be boarding “The Lady of the Lake” to journey up Lake Chelan to Holden Village. A former copper ...
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I was pleased to be asked by Drew Herring to contribute to this series on fatherhood. Drew is a minister at Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, ...
Read MoreFirst in Waco
This past Sunday was my first visit to worship with the congregation of First Lutheran in Waco. This is a congregation that made a difficult ...
Read MoreSocial Statement on Women and Justice to be considered at Churchwide Assembly August 6-10
Churchwide Assembly will be this August. We will discuss many issues and begin celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of the ordination of women as pastors ...
Read MoreRemembering the Rev. John Squire of the ELCSL
I was saddened to receive this message July 15th from Bishop Moses Kobba Momoh of our partners in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sierra Leone. ...
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NT-NL News: July 2019, Third Monday
We belong to the Truth | Pertenecemos a la Verdad In her July column for Living Lutheran, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton asks: “How do we live ...
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DEM Irma Bañales Featured in ELCA Blog
Wonderful post about our NT-NL Synod, ELCA DEM. Grateful for the opportunity to work with Pastora Bañales as we work together to grow and be #InMissionTogether #NTNL https://blogs.elca.org/congregationalvitality/irma-banales-a-journey-of-faith/
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Greeting new Colleagues in the Conference of Bishops
Every year I take time while in Iowa visiting family at Lake Okoboji (photo taken there, not in my office) to write a note to ...
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NT-NL News: July 2019, Second Monday
“I’m a Lutheran” Nominations Do you know an ELCA member who has a unique story to tell? Nominate them for Living Lutheran’s monthly “I’m a ...
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