Briarwood Updates 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… Read More
NT-NL News: January 2019, Second Monday
Joyful day in Killeen!
We had a joyful celebration at Immanuel Lutheran in Killeen this weekend, as we celebrated the installation of their new pastor Veronica Webber Smith. Pr. Smith and her family moved… Read More
Cooperative Baptists
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 Briarwood. They did so based… Read More
Epiphany Sunday at Central
Epiphany only falls on a Sunday every seven years and I was fortunate to get to preach on one of those rare Epiphanies this year at Central Lutheran in Dallas…. Read More
NT-NL News: January 2019, First Monday
ConFESt Updates ConFESt: Confirmands’ Afternoon with the Bishop Christ, Dallas January 13, 2-4pm As of January 2, we have 158 youth and adults registered!!! We have an exciting opportunity for… Read More
NT-NL Leader News: January 2019
In This Issue Boundaries Training 2018 Annual Report covers 2019 Mission Support IRS Announces 2019 Mileage Rates Sabbatical Days at Briarwood ELCA Disability Ministries Awards Una introducción a El Proyecto… Read More
NT-NL News: December 2018, Fifth Monday
Mission Builders opportunity Mission Builders will be helping build one of the first structures for an ELCA Latino congregation in about 10 years—Cristo Rey Lutheran Church in Columbia, S.C. The… Read More
NT-NL News: December 2018, Fourth Monday
Christmas Message from ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton View and download a video message from Bishop Eaton Download English PDF | Descargar PDF en Español Living Lutheran reader call For an upcoming article in Living… Read More
Shreveport, LA
We only have two congregations that qualify as the NL portion of NT-NL, and I finally made it to both of them on one Sunday. The morning visit was an… Read More
Congregational Care
Most of the time, the congregational care component of my call encompasses transitions and call process. Occasionally it means working with conflict situations. But I also discovered recently that on… Read More