4/14/2018 2:10:00PM ELCA NEWS “Give God no rest” (Isaiah 62:6-7) until that day when “the wolf and the lamb shall feed together. … They shall not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain, says the Lord” (Isaiah 65:25) (ELCA social statement, “For Peace in God’s World”). In recent days we have witnessed, with additional horror, […]

May God bless your Holy Week – Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil, and Celebration of the Resurrection. Fear. There has been a lot of that lately. In the face of serious challenges, we freeze, we flee, and we fight. Fear. There has been a lot of that lately in our country, communities, and congregations. […]

An Easter message from Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton It all started with such promise – the angel announcing to Mary that the child she would bear would be called Son of the Most High; the conviction of Mary that this child would be the embodiment of God’s promised justice, that the hungry would be filled […]

CHICAGO (Feb. 22, 2018) – In partnership with Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton’s Leadership Initiative, the seven seminaries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will  launch a combined effort to encourage new candidates for ministry in the ELCA. The program, “Do you want to change the world?,” is being promoted through a series of […]

This statement appears in a number of edited forms to meet required word limits of web and print media. A Statement From the ELCA Synod Bishops of Minnesota In the church’s way of telling time January is the season of Epiphany, when Christians remember the Magi—travelers from the east who followed a star to the […]

Please accompany Bishop Jon’s report with the video posted below. You can download the video from our Vimeo webpage by clicking here. What’s a Synod good for? A video to use at 2018 Annual Meetings. Click here to download video.

  We are beginning another Listening Project.  We will be making time to listen to God, listen to our communities/context and listen to one another in the coming months.   You can help your leadership listen to our synod by completing this survey.     Secondly, we ask that you would share it with your staff and […]

The birth of Jesus is a reminder that God works in slow and stunning ways to bring wholeness to this world and our lives. As a father and grandfather, I remember the joy of each child and now grandchild entering our family. Holding a newborn reminds you of how fragile a baby is at birth. […]

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Grace and gratitude belong together like heaven and earth. Grace evokes gratitude like the voice an echo. Gratitude follows grace like thunder lightning. -Karl Barth – Church Dogmatics The Doctrine of Reconciliation, Volume 4, Part 1: p.41 We celebrate and live in the grace of our God.  When people ask me how I am doing, […]