Brian Konkol, chaplain at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., one of 26 ELCA colleges and universities, writes that, while too often economics and ecology are pitted against each other with the poor and the earth being the losers, Pope Francis, who is visiting the United States, offers an alternate agenda. To read Konkol’s commentary in the Minneapolis StarTribune, click here.
Belonging and togetherness
“ຍິນດີຕ້ອນຮັບ—welcome to this day,” proclaimed Sara Schultz in Lao and English. “Welcome to Grace Lao Lutheran Church, welcome to Hope Lutheran Church!” With these words, the pastor of Hope in…