A local Lutheran congregation, St Luke's Lutheran in Derwood, MD, sends greetings to their Jewish and Muslim neighbors with a message on their church sign. Kudos to Pastor Sarah Lewis and the people of St Luke for extending these greetings in the current tense inter-religious climate.
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Trying to Make Sense of Israel and Gaza and a Lutheran Bishop
Today I had the privilege of attending a briefing at the Embassy of Israel in Washington, DC for leaders in the faith community regarding Israel's interception of six boats bound for Gaza with humanitarian supplies, an incident that turned deadly on one of the vessels. A high level officer at the embassy gave a statementContinue reading “Trying to Make Sense of Israel and Gaza and a Lutheran Bishop”
Martin Luther on Prayer
In a letter to his barber, Martin Luther recommends that Christians pray the Ten Commandments, Apostles’ Creed and Lord’s Prayer. Yet beyond reciting these traditional texts, he suggests that after each line or phrase of these texts we meditate upon them in a “four-fold garland” method of praying: Instruction: seek what these words have toContinue reading “Martin Luther on Prayer”
Liturgy, Copyrights, and the Internet, revisited
Two years ago I was denied permission to publish an edited version of Responsive Prayer from Evangelical Lutheran Worship (ELW) on my blog, and was forced to take down the order of prayer that I had been posting for several months (see past post, Daily Prayer Permission Denied – note that some links in thatContinue reading “Liturgy, Copyrights, and the Internet, revisited”
The Charter of the ELCA Ecology Task Force
A web presence for the ELCA’s new Ecology task force is is coming soon, but here are the notes (copied from a .pdf document linked here) outlining the purpose and scope of the ELCA’s new task force. Awkward formatting due to copying and pasting from a .pdf document. To read the .pdf, click above link,Continue reading “The Charter of the ELCA Ecology Task Force”
The Lutheran Zephyr 