In This Issue ELCA 2019 Annual Report Cover Join the LEAD Journey Christmas Vespers Eboo Patel at TLU Forming Faith in a Secular Age Upcoming Events ELCA 2019 Annual Report… Read More
NT-NL Leader News: December 2019
NT-NL News: December 2019, First Monday
2020 Synod Assembly Preacher We are honored to have African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie as our preacher for this year’s Assembly! Bishop McKenzie is the presiding Bishop… Read More
Christ the King Sunday
Sermon for Christ the King Sunday | 24 November 2019 Jeremiah 23:1-6 | Psalm 46 | Colossians 1:11-20 | Luke 23:33-43 King of Glory Lutheran Church (Dallas, Texas) Good… Read More
NT-NL News: November 2019, Fourth Monday
Giving Tuesday with Briarwood and Thrivent Join Briarwood Leadership Center and Thrivent for this in-person Giving Tuesday event on December 3, 6-9pm! Thrivent will donate $1 for every $2 raised* at… Read More
Briarwood Winter Carnival and Thrivent Giving Tuesday
Looking for an exciting way to see Santa and support Briarwood at the same time? Come to our Winter Carnival on December 3! We will have games, snacks and hay… Read More
Remembering Transgender Lives Lost
Thank you to our Briarwood Retreat Center/Briarwood Leadership Center Director Robert Smith and Remy Remmers for attending the Transgender Day of Remembrance service at Galileo Church (a mission congregation of the Disciples of Christ)… Read More
Hwy 84, almost to Lubbock: Immanuel, Posey and Grace, Slaton
Sunday Nov 17th found me on Hwy 84 in cotton country on the Llano Estacado visiting Immanuel, Posey and Grace, Slaton. These congregations share history going back 100 years and… Read More
Accompanying Our Partners in the Holy Land: Changes in US Policy
November 18 it was announced by Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo that the U.S. Administration is changing current U.S. policy related to the legality of Israeli civilian settlements in… Read More
Welcome, Pr. Ben Dueholm
Following my morning in Shreveport, I drove back to the Metroplex in time for the installation service at Christ Lutheran in Dallas. Pr. Ben Dueholm and his family are living… Read More
Thankoffering in Shreveport
Every November, I am invited to preach at a congregation somewhere for their WELCA Thankoffering service as they raise up women in the congregation to lead the whole worship service…. Read More