God’s beautiful dark works
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God’s beautiful dark works

Perhaps one of the best-known verses in the New Testament is John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes…

Las hermosas obras oscuras de Dios
From The Presiding Bishop (Spanish)

Las hermosas obras oscuras de Dios

Tal vez uno de los versículos más conocidos del Nuevo Testamento es Juan 3:16: “Porque tanto amó Dios al mundo que dio a su Hijo unigénito, para que todo el…

Witnesses to the transcendent
From The Presiding Bishop

Witnesses to the transcendent

An amazing thing happened in March. Churches were closed but more people came to church. Millions of us were complying with shelter-in-place and physical distancing recommendations from the Centers for…

Testigos de lo trascendente
From The Presiding Bishop (Spanish)

Testigos de lo trascendente

Algo  increíble sucedió en marzo. Las iglesias estaban cerradas, pero más gente acudió a la iglesia. Millones de nosotros estábamos cumpliendo con las recomendaciones de permanecer refugiados en nuestro lugar…

Unidos en el bautismo
From The Presiding Bishop (Spanish)

Unidos en el bautismo

Hay un dicho irlandés que dice: “La gente vive al amparo de unos y otros”. Estoy trabajando en este escrito a finales de marzo.  No sé cómo será el mundo…

United in baptism
From The Presiding Bishop

United in baptism

There is an Irish saying: “It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.” I am writing this at the end of March. I don’t know what…

Freed to serve
From The Presiding Bishop

Freed to serve

Lutherans have an appreciation for the complexity of life. It’s a certain willingness to meet the world and then go deeper into what is immediately present. It is the ability…

Liberados para servir
From The Presiding Bishop (Spanish)

Liberados para servir

Los luteranos aprecian la complejidad de la vida. Esto significa que tienen una determinada disposición de conocer el mundo y luego adentrarse en lo que está presente en el momento….

Take and eat
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Take and eat

At the end of the book of Acts there is the story of Paul’s journey to Rome. Paul had taken many journeys that were arduous and dangerous, but this last…

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From The Presiding Bishop (Spanish)

Tomen y coman

Al final del libro de Hechos aparece la historia del viaje de Pablo a Roma. Pablo había hecho muchos viajes arduos y peligrosos, pero este último era particularmente difícil. Pablo…

We are broken
From The Presiding Bishop

We are broken

In 1526 the reformers embarked on a program of visiting the parishes in Electoral Saxony. It’s known as the Saxon Visitation. As would later be stated in the Augsburg Confession,…

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From The Presiding Bishop (Spanish)

Estamos quebrantados

En 1526 los reformistas emprendieron un programa de visita a las parroquias del Electorado de Sajonia. Este se conoce como la Visita Sajona. Como lo declararía posteriormente la Confesión de…