Stories from border immersion

Standing at a border will always refocus horizons. A group from our synod has spent the past week (Feb. 2-9, 2015) on a Border Immersion Experience in El Paso, Texas…

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Cabin fervor

by John Handley I can clearly remember my first trip to Caroline Furnace at the age of nine (actually on my ninth birthday). It was just a short overnight trip.…

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February is I LOVE CAMP month

In February 2015, we have a special opportunity to join congregations across our Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod     to celebrate the beauty of creation,           to recognize the importance of retreating, and…

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Baptism begins real new year

Resolutions will always come up short in our attempts to remake ourselves A MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM THE ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP A new year. Time to start over. A fresh set…

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From the Bishop’s Desk: Allegiance

A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM BISHOP GRAHAM Brothers and sisters, The Christmas story is embedded in a story about empire. The Emperor Augustus wants to know how many people live in…

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Cross true gift of Christmas

With Jesus we have peace, we have hope, we are loved—and not just at holiday A MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM THE ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP I remember this jarring image: It was…

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Silent shout from Companion Synod

Christmas Message from Bishop Medardo Gómez of the Salvadoran Lutheran Church* Dear sisters and brothers: With the love of God that unites us as brothers and sisters, I want to…

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Prayer for peacemaking

“Let us pray that we remember the promise of your Spirit poured out upon all flesh that we do not wait for others to be peacemakers but take up the…

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Complicated and human

“Why would any parent bid farewell to a child and send him/her off alone into the unknown? It is a complicated story,” writes Marion McInturff of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in…

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More than money – hitting 100%!

Submitted by Dorothy Sorrell Metro D.C. Synod congregations continue to support the ELCA Malaria Campaign as it goes over the $13 million mark.* In addition to our synod goal of…

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