Monday we were in Bethlehem. We visited ministries of the Diyar Consortium diyar-consortium.org which is an organization that connects Lutheran schools and other ministries in Bethlehem. It is the brainchild of Pastor Mitri… Read More
Bethlehem, YAGMS, and Ramallah
NT-NL News: January 2018, Fourth Monday
NT-NL African American History Celebration “We’ve Come This Far By Faith!” February 10, 11am-2pm Community of Hope, Fort Worth The Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana Synod is blessed to have three congregations… Read More
Sunday Worship, Hospitality, and the Herodian
Today we worshipped at the Lutheran Church in Beit Sahour. This congregation is small but has a wonderful facility for a school that impacts its community in amazing ways. Palestinian… Read More
Official Greetings, Bethlehem, Tent of Nations
The day after the consecration liturgy was filled with official and non-official events. We said goodbye to many international visitors and also gathered for a press event where Bishop Ibrahim… Read More
NT-NL News: January 2018, Third Monday
ELCA Coach Training Following up on the learning from our experience at NT-NL Leadership Convocation, we will be hosting an ELCA Coach Training event Monday-Tuesday, February 26-27, 8am-5pm both days. This… Read More
Consecration of the New ELCJHL Bishop
A day so amazing it deserves two collage photos. This morning we were honored to participate in the consecration of Ibrahim Azar as bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan… Read More
Celebration of Outgoing Bishop, Day of Encounters
Wednesday night we feted the outgoing bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land in fine style. Dignitaries from around the world, political and ecumenical leaders,… Read More
Trinity, Clifton
My visits to congregations continued this weekend with Trinity Lutheran in Clifton. Pr. Clay McCord just retired at the end of the year, so I was there to lead worship… Read More
Bosque County Conversations
On a very fine Saturday afternoon this past week, over 35 members of our four Bosque County congregations gathered to have conversation. They spent the whole afternoon talking about how… Read More
Trinity Seminary meets Latinx Ministries
This past week, I was blessed to be accompany 11 students from Trinity Seminary in Ohio, along with two of their professors (Mark Alan Powell and Cheryl Peterson) as they… Read More