Justice, reconcilliation, hope
They valued having “Conversations about Race: Justice, Reconciliation, Hope” when Metro D.C. Synod rostered leaders got together for their annual retreat in October. As individuals, family members, friends, pastors, congregation members and synod representatives, these diverse men and women explored...
Coming to grips with happiness
It’s a cultural thing, not at all the joy to be found in crucified Christ A MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM THE ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP In her book Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World, Barbara Ehrenreich wrote...
What is ‘Lutheran’?
We have a particular way of understanding the Jesus story A MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM THE ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP For the past two years, I’ve organized my work around these four emphases: we are church, we are Lutheran, we are church...
From the Bishop’s Desk: Dimensions of Reformation History
I am writing to invite you to consider seriously participation in a very special event that is part of the synod's commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation With support from the Synod Council, the ELCA World Hunger Education...
Ecumenical assembly request to pope
"Well-meaning and caring people can be found in all groupings of society," wrote the Rev. Richard H. Graham, bishop of the ELCA Metro D.C. Synod, in a letter to Pope Francis published in The Washington Post on Sunday, September 20,...
Reach to Ethiopian immigrants
by the Rev. Anteneh Gebreselassie A new worship service in the Amharic language is starting in Arlington, Virginia. Resurrection Evangelical Lutheran Church is pleased to announce that Sunday, September 13, 2015 will be the official date of launching this new...
If God is enough
We can be free from attachments to our plans, self-will, success A MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM THE ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP From time to time I am invited to celebrate congregational anniversaries. It’s wonderful to see the church in action and to...
Nourishment on campus
by the Rev. Ray Ranker Free food! That’s often a primary advertisement for the Lutheran Campus Ministry (LCM) sites around the country. And it’s true; most have good, home-cooked meals. Most also offer a strong, tight-knit community that is loving...
Disabilities Act turns 25
The sanctuary filled with people celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. (Photo: LSA) Ushers from Lifeline Partnership* in matching t-shirts welcomed attendees observing the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Americans...
There is no curtain obscuring plots
Rumors, politics on three issues at odds with true discernment A MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM THE ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP At a Conference of Bishops meeting a few years after the 2009 Churchwide Assembly, bishops shared some of the most outrageous suspicions...