THE PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH, Palm/Passion Sunday, Cycle B (March 28, 2021) Let us pray for the Church, the world, and one another. A brief silence Glory be to…
“And put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth” (Ephesians 4:24). We are created anew to live…
“That, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be…
“But you did not learn Christ in this way, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus” (Ephesians 4:20-21) We…
“And they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness” (Ephesians 4:19). The deeds of the sinful flesh are…
“So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in…
“ from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the…
“I DID NOT HEAR ANYONE NEAR ME PRAYING THAT VERSION OF THE PRAYER” I remember after the 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, which provided for the possibility of the ordination of…
There are three things I would like to talk about in this letter. The first one is something I would highly recommend. The other two are matters of great concern.…