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Veterans Day Prayers
by the Rev. Mark W. Olsen With Veterans Day, November 11th, and Sunday, November 12th fast approaching, especially remember in prayer those in military uniform, the veterans who have served,…
Read MoreOct. 32 and beyond
A MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM THE ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP* This is the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. For the past year it has been “All Reformation All the Time!” Everything Martin…
Read MoreAt the table together / Juntos a la mesa
A MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM THE ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP* Old recipes are precious things. They give instructions about how to prepare a dish, but they are so much more. They are…
Read MoreSigns of love in Leesburg
Bleakness. That was the “take-away feeling” expressed by Amy Miller from recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, where “violent hatred [was] being spewed against people that are our brothers and sisters.”…
Read MoreHands honor history on day of service
by Pat Henry* About 15 Georgetown Lutheran Church members and friends wielded shovels, pruning shears, clipboards and pens Sun. Sept. 10, 2017 as part of a service project to document…
Read MoreBuilding Puentes Solidarity Worship Service
On the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria making landfall in the ELCA Caribbean Synod, we will hold an uplifting worship service, building bridges between the ELCA Metro D.C. Synod and…
Read MoreFrom the Bishop’s Desk: Horrible symptom
I have been hesitant to write about what happened in Charlottesville last weekend. So much has been written and said already. And already the events of last weekend have been…
Read MoreLive in the freedom of Christ
A MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM THE ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP Recently I discovered Google Earth. I know, I’m a little late to the dance. But this is fascinating. You type in an…
Read MoreFrom the Bishop’s desk: Deepening Lutheran-Jewish relationships
Dear friends*, In my report to the Synod Assembly this year, I mentioned the opportunities and responsibilities that come to us in 2017: the 500th anniversary of the beginning of…
Read MoreServing the neighbor in charged times
A MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM THE ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP Across this church I’ve heard stories of parishioners disturbed by the Gospel read on Sundays, believing the pastor chose the passage as…
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