THE WRONG QUESTION:  A REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF A FORMER ELCA SEMINARY PRESIDENT’S THEOLOGY OF THE CROSS  The second reading for the Sundays of the Epiphany season have been…
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ARE YOU READY FOR CHRISTMAS? Editor's Note: This Lightstock image used for this post is described as a "Fresco painting of the Nativity, from the chapel of the Shepherd's Field…
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IT SHOULD NOT SURPRISE ANYONE It should not surprise anyone that a movement is developing to get the ELCA to commit a massive breach of trust and to eliminate any…
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THE REVISIONISTS HAVE COMPLETELY TAKEN OVER: A REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF THE ELCA CHURCHWIDE ASSEMBLY The ELCA held its Churchwide Assembly August 8-12 in Columbus, Ohio. The gathering sent a…
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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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FIVE RESPONSES TO AN EMPTY TOMB In Luke’s account of Easter Sunday morning the Gospel writer records four responses to the empty tomb. First, being perplexed. The women found the…
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HOW DID IT HAPPEN? THE ELCA AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING – PART TWO Introduction For the January 2022 issue of our newsletter, CORE Voice, I wrote the first part of a…
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THE THINGS IN MARY’S HEART I’ve always liked the way in which the Gospel writer Luke concludes his version of the Christmas story by telling us that Mary kept all…
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WHAT WILL IT BE NEXT? There are two things we know for sure about the ELCA. First, they will always give us plenty to write about. And second, they will…
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HOPE AND LIFE GIVING I live in the Sonoran Desert about forty miles northeast of downtown Phoenix. The Sonoran has been called the greenest desert in the world, because we…
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