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Five quotes from the ELCA’s social message on mental illness
Lectionary Blog
Lectionary blog: The good news of Pentecost
Lectionary for May 19, 2024 Day of Pentecost Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; Romans 8:22-27; John 15:26-27, 16:4b-15 The Jerusalem Pentecost, as detailed in Acts 2, is one of my…
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Penman elected bishop of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod
Bryan J. Penman, Conshohocken, Pa., was elected May 4 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod. The election took place during the synod assembly, May…
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Honoring Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
In May we celebrate National Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The ELCA’s Asian and Pacific Islander Ministries, in conjunction with the Minneapolis Area Synod, the Saint Paul Area Synod…
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ELCA presiding bishop issues pastoral letter on United Methodist Church General Conference
Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a pastoral letter on the United Methodist Church (UMC) General Conference, which concluded last week in Charlotte, N.C., after having…
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Jen Nagel elected bishop of the Minneapolis Area Synod
Jen Nagel, Minneapolis, was elected May 4 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Minneapolis Area Synod. The election took place during the synod assembly, May 2-4 at…
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Briner reelected bishop of Southwestern Texas Synod
Susan J. Briner, Seguin, Texas, was reelected May 5 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Southwestern Texas Synod. The election was held during the synod assembly, May…
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Mental health and the church
This article is excerpted from All Who Are Weary: Easing the Burden on the Walk With Mental Illness (Broadleaf Books, 2021) by Emmy Kegler. This article was originally published March 10, 2022.
Mission & Ministry
CRLC shares insights from its listening campaign
When Carla Christopher, co-chair of the Commission for a Renewed Lutheran Church (CRLC), began the group’s “season of listening” across the entire ELCA, she expected to hear disagreement over the…
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May 5: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s Awareness Day
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on the ELCA Racial Justice blog. May 5 is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s (MMIW) Awareness Day. In 2021, as a follow-up to the ELCA…
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Timothy Oslovich elected bishop of the Alaska Synod
Timothy R. Oslovich, Vernon, Conn., was elected April 27 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Alaska Synod. The election took place during the synod assembly, April 26-28,…
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Meghan Johnston Aelabouni elected Rocky Mountain Synod bishop
Meghan Johnston Aelabouni, Jerusalem, was elected April 27 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Rocky Mountain Synod. The election took place during the synod assembly, April 25-27,…
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