(Haga clic aquí para leer este informe en español). Partners in Mission Together, It has been a year now since we last gathered, and looking back and forward is good…. Read More
2017 Annual Report of the Bishop
Informe Anual 2017 del Obispo
(Click here to read this report in English.) Compañeros y Compañeras en la Misión: Hace ya un año desde que nos reunimos y es bueno ahora echar una mirada hacia… Read More
NT-NL News: April 2017, Fourth Monday
Strategic Directions summary Propelled by a commitment to Lutheran traditions and to being a community of faith that is always forming and being renewed, the ELCA’s presiding bishop, Church Council,… Read More
In Mission Together
This is a great model of how we are doing “In Mission Together.” Thank you, Saint Mathew (Waco) and San Gabriel (Alvarado), for your support of Misión Lutheran San Mateo, Waco.
Earth Day
A seminary classmate served in Shishmaref for first call (http://www.livinglutheran.org/2017/04/earth-day-series-climate-change-migration-elca/). Even then, over a decade ago, they were seeing dramatic changes in the tides, permafrost, and the animal migrations. These… Read More
NT-NL News: April 2017, Third Monday
Strategic Direction, Goal Five Called Forward Together in Christ: ELCA Strategic Directions 2025 Our strategic directions ELCA Strategic Directions 2025 tells the story of the church we are becoming – a… Read More
Happy Easter!
HAPPY EASTER! CHRIST IS RISEN! CHRIST IS RISEN INDEED, ALLELUIA! (Trinity Lutheran Church, Fort Worth, TX) Today, we rejoice that the grave cannot hold God’s love poured out for the… Read More
Easter Joy!
This was my first year in 25 years of ministry that I have not been serving in a congregation for Holy Week and Easter. That’s been a huge adjustment for… Read More
Blessed Good Friday
A Blessed Good Friday to you all. Last fall, I was in the Holy Land for 15 days, a time that spanned also the presidential election. The intensity of that… Read More
NT-NL News: April 2017, Second Monday
Strategic Direction, Goal Four Called Forward Together in Christ: ELCA Strategic Directions 2025 Our strategic directions ELCA Strategic Directions 2025 tells the story of the church we are becoming – a… Read More