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Gratitude in bare feet
Focal verse “Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground” (Exodus 3:5). Reflection Summer mornings at the park…
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Celebrate independence—and dependence
Editor’s note: This piece originally ran on July 4, 2016. Have you heard of Christmas in July? Marketers, church camps and Australians (whose winter occurs during our summer) sometimes capitalize…
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Pastoral care
When an ELCA pastor or deacon is installed, the congregation promises to pray for, help and honor its leader and “in all things strive to live together in the peace…
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Southwestern Texas Synod, Episcopal Diocese of West Texas release statement on migrant deaths
The Southwestern Texas Synod of the ELCA and the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas have released a joint statement on the 53 migrants who died after being abandoned in the trailer…
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Finding justice and fierce love in the details
Series editor’s note: Throughout 2022, “Deeper understandings” will feature biblical scholars sharing some of their favorite books of the Bible. —Kathryn A. Kleinhans, dean of Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital…
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Craig Miller elected bishop of ELCA Upper Susquehanna Synod
Craig A. Miller, Mifflinburg, Pa., was elected June 18 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Upper Susquehanna Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during the…
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Sierra Pacific Synod Council appoints Claire S. Burkat as interim bishop
After consultation with ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton and per the Sierra Pacific Synod Constitution (S8.54), the Sierra Pacific Synod Council has appointed Claire S. Burkat as its interim…
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Lead by listening
A half-dozen years ago, the members of Good Shepherd Lutheran in Wilmington, Del., asked themselves: “If our congregation were gone tomorrow, who would miss it?” “We could not think of…
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ELCA presiding bishop issues pastoral message on Roe v. Wade ruling
Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a pastoral message on the Supreme Court’s ruling regarding Roe v. Wade. “Whatever personal perspective one might take on the…
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I’m a Lutheran: Loni Whitford Taylor
Our Saviour Lutheran Church, Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation in Montana Emergency medical technician, member of the Chippewa Cree Council of Rocky Boy and of the ELCA Church Council I’ve been the…
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Stacie Fidlar elected bishop of ELCA Northern Illinois Synod
Stacie R. Fidlar of Rock Island, Ill., was elected June 18 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Northern Illinois Synod of the ELCA. The election took place…
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Called to service
Harold “Dutch” Rinker’s ordination as an ELCA pastor on April 9 culminated a 20-year journey that began when he signed up for lay minister training in the Upper Susquehanna Synod….
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