NT-NL Leaders:

The season of Lent brings new demands on our leaders and responsibilities for leading communities in this Holy time. I am grateful for the ways in which you are doing this work. Not only the demands of Lent but also preparing for the Easter festival. All of which we do in a world torn by war, division, and confusion. Yet your work goes on and for that I am thankful.

As Lent is a reflective time. If you are a rostered/authorized leader I would encourage you if you haven’t to complete your annual report. Not as a burden to be checked off but as an opportunity to reflect on all that you have been about in 2025. Perhaps that can even bring a sense of accomplishment and purpose to the daily tasks we undertake.

God’s peace be with you and may you have a holy Lent.

Bishop Gronberg

Drawing Water: Leadership Reflections from Pastor Nathan Swenson-Reinhold

Drawing Water is a short monthly reflection for congregational leaders across the Northern Texas–Northern Louisiana Synod. These reflections attend to the lived realities of leadership—clarity, fatigue, conflict, discernment, and resilience. Like windmills on the plains that quietly draw life from below the surface, this series invites leaders to slow down, reflect, and remember that leadership was never meant to be carried alone.

March’s article is “Why Conflict Isn’t the Real Problem”. You can read the reflections in English and Spanish here.

Via de Cristo Weekends & Annual Gathering at Texas Lutheran University

Click here to learn about upcoming Via de Cristo weekends as well as information on the National Annual Gathering held at Texas Lutheran University in July 2026.