On May 17, a couple weeks after the news broke of a leak of a draft opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton released…
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“Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love…
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For years I have been writing articles about the ELCA – often with the subtitle, “What Will It Be Next?” The images I have chosen for those articles have often…
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July 3: 4th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 9; closest Sunday to Independence Day) Isaiah 66:10-14 (All who love Jerusalem, rejoice; as mother comforts children, so God will comfort you)…
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June 26: 3rd Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 8) 1 Kings 19:9b-21 (Elijah encounters God in the still small voice; 7000 have not bent knee to Baal; anoints Elisha) …
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June 19, 2022: 2nd Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 7; Fathers’ Day Isaiah 65:1-9 (I was eager to be found by a nation that did not seek me; sinful deeds…
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AN ANALYSIS OF RECENT EVENTS IN THE ELCA’S SIERRA PACIFIC SYNOD For years I have been writing articles about the ELCA – often with the subtitle, “What Will It Be…
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“ave you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil motives?” (James 2:4) Yes, we have. This remains unchanged, for there are always those who are not listening…
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“For if a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man in dirty clothes, and you…
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“My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism” (James 2:1). It is not about you. None of this is…
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