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Soup supper season

By Nicholas Tangen Of soup and love, the first is best. – Spanish Proverb Lent is for me, the most wonderful time of the year. It’s the part of the church year where we don’t avoid the minor keys, where we face the reality of our own mortality and the power of the cross, and [...]

Who isn’t my neighbor?

By Bishop Ann Svennungsen Ten days ago in Demsa, Nigeria, I joined eleven bishops for the laying on of hands, ordaining 72 new pastors to serve in the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN). It was a profound experience, made moreso by the 50,000 worshipers gathering with us in this outdoor setting. An ancient [...]

We are synodia

By Pastor Wondimu Sonessa At the age of 12, I had to travel on foot with my dad to our zonal capital called Mettu to get to a photo studio. This tiresome whole day commute was mandatory to submit four 3x4 photos required to register for sixth grade national exam. I still remember mixed feelings [...]

2024-02-27T10:18:19-06:00February 27th, 2024|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , , , |

Into the future

By Pastor Craig Pederson “Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’, into the future ...”                From the song, “Fly Like An Eagle,” Steve Miller Band, 1976 In the synod office these days, we are living a kind of dual existence: We staff members are fully immersed in the ministry areas to which we have been [...]

2024-02-19T11:58:30-06:00February 19th, 2024|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , |

To rise and repair

By Johan Baumeister I am fond of spending time in canoes and on paddleboards, floating on the crisp waters of Minnesota. These waters reflect the natural beauty of our state and have long been gathering places. For countless generations, the waters of Mni Sota have been at the center of Dakota and Ojibwe lives, families, [...]

Grace and belonging

By Bishop Ann Svennungsen Grace is something you can never get but can only be given. There's no way to earn it or deserve it or bring it about any more than you can deserve the taste of raspberries and cream or earn good looks or bring about your own birth. A good sleep is [...]

Created to be

By Pastor John Hulden Pastor Rusty Halaas (white suit jacket) on the stage of the youth gathering in Madison Square Garden in New York City in 1970. Imagine you were given the task of dreaming up themes for a five-day event for 15,000 teenagers at a triennial ELCA Youth Gathering. Where would you [...]

The neighborhood where I grew up

By Mercy Zou Taithul I grew up in a small town called Lamka, Churachandpur in the northeast of India. To be specific my street is call P. Kamdou Veng. (P stands for Phiamphu, the Chief of the street surname; Kamdou is his name; and Veng means street.) I was surrounded by my close family, with [...]

2024-01-30T10:38:12-06:00January 22nd, 2024|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , |

Cash bail: Inequality and modern-day hypocrisy

By Manny Lewis In today's society, cash bail has become a glaring example of systemic racism and inequality. It is a disgrace that people of color bear the burden of this unjust system, perpetuating a cycle of poverty and injustice. Interestingly, there are biblical parallels that shed light on the problematic nature of the bail [...]

2024-01-30T10:38:13-06:00January 16th, 2024|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , |

In need of ecological conversion

By Bishop Ann Svennugsen Duke professor Ellen Davis shares a story about a neighbor’s conversation with his young grandson. The boy says, “Grandpa, the two biggest fears I have are that I won’t make the baseball team and that climate change will ruin my life.” The child’s question haunts me. And challenges me. Am I [...]

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