Easter Message Easter is early this year, and in many places across this church trees will still be bare and fields barren. It might even snow. But on Easter morning we will gather to greet the risen Son and give thanks to God for the new life we have in Jesus Christ. Two things come […]
3/23/2016 3:55:00 PM CHICAGO (ELCA) – In her Easter message, the Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), said, “On Easter morning we will gather to greet the risen Son and give thanks to God for the new life we have in Jesus Christ.” Visit ELCA.org to view […]
Time to get to know each other And get ready to consider priorities, future direction of ELCA Sometimes I just don’t get us. We are the least likely of all people to speak enthusiastically about our church. I don’t know if it is some cross-cultural Lutheran modesty that compels us to hide our light under […]
Putting the pieces together 2016 dedicated to setting directions, priorities across all the church It has been just more than two years since I began this call. I’m often asked what has been the greatest surprise. Certainly the amount of travel has been a surprise, but the greatest has been the complexity and scope of the […]
Coming to Grips with Happiness It’s a cultural thing, not at all the joy to be found in crucified Christ In her book Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World, Barbara Ehrenreich wrote about the relentless pressure she faced to be upbeat while undergoing treatment for cancer. Any lapse in […]