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Join Bishop Eaton in speaking out about Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing
Join Bishop Eaton in speaking out about Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing

Presiding Bishop Eaton wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken to express her “profound shock and sadness concerning the death of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin, the West Bank, on May 11 and the deplorable disruption of her funeral procession on May 13.”

Read the letter from Bishop Eaton to Secretary of State Blinken on the killing and funeral of Shireen Abu Akleh and join Bishop Eaton in taking action by writing to Secretary of State Blinken here. (The action alert will give you sample language that you can edit and personalize).

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Bishop Eaton, ELCA, LettersBrian FlatgardSumudComment
Bishop Eaton: We have a choice
Bishop Eaton: We have a choice

The pandemic has resulted in years of isolation, anxiety, loss and grief. In her May column for Living Lutheran, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton reminds us that we can “remain isolated and reactive, or we can live as the new creation in Christ and be a witness to the world of the reconciliation we have received from God.” Read her column in English at https://bit.ly/3sHQkOL and in Spanish at https://bit.ly/3PwkzCm.

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Bishop Eaton, ELCA, LettersBrian FlatgardLiving LutheranComment
Bishop Eaton: A pastoral message on abortion
Bishop Eaton: A pastoral message on abortion

Our unity as Christians is through Jesus Christ, the One who embodies God's grace among us. Every day we dive into our baptism, through which God promises grace and mercy and draws us out to love and serve neighbors.

Yet, there are times when, even in our unity, we do not agree. The people of this church and this country have various and perhaps contrasting responses to the Supreme Court's leaked draft opinion on abortion. Regardless of where each of us stands on the issue, the ELCA's 1991 social statement on abortion speaks to all of us.

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Bishop Eaton, ELCA, LettersBrian FlatgardAbortionComment
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America observes 35th anniversary
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America observes 35th anniversary

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will observe its 35th anniversary on April 30, 2022. On this date in 1987, the ELCA constitution was adopted during the opening session of the Constituting Convention in Columbus, Ohio.

To symbolize the formation of the new denomination, the bishops from the three predecessor church bodies poured water from separate containers into one baptismal font.

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Bishop Eaton, ELCA, NewsBrian FlatgardComment
Bishop Eaton's Easter message: I know my Redeemer lives
Bishop Eaton's Easter message: I know my Redeemer lives

As we enter the third year of this pandemic, we see the signs of stress and incivility, even the signs of war and disease in Ethiopia and Sudan, in Europe. It might seem like death still has sway, but Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton reminds us to declare confidently on this Easter and all times "I know that my Redeemer lives.”

View in this post, on YouTube, or download the video here. Read the message as PDF in English or Spanish.

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Bishop Eaton, ELCA, LettersBrian Flatgard2022 Holy WeekComment
Bishop Eaton: Spring and care for creation
Bishop Eaton: Spring and care for creation

As we prepare to celebrate Earth Day later this month, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton shares some examples of how Lutherans are caring for creation and addressing climate justice.

God calls us to be stewards of the earth, and to fully integrate creation care into our love of God, neighbor and everything in our environment. Learn more at https://elca.org/environment.

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Bishop Eaton, ELCA, LettersBrian FlatgardBishop Elizabeth Eaton, Climate ChangeComment
Bishop Eaton: Remembering victims of slavery
Bishop Eaton: Remembering victims of slavery

On March 25, 2022, we commemorate the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, declared by the United Nations in 2007. As we remember the victims of what has been called the “the worst violation of human rights in history,” Bishop Eaton calls us to “learn more about the inhumane history of the transatlantic slave trade and examine the paths that will lead us towards racial healing and justice.”

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Bishop Eaton, ELCA, LettersBrian FlatgardRacial JusticeComment
An Interfaith Call to Peace for Ukraine
An Interfaith Call to Peace for Ukraine

Though we have been anxious about the recent growing tensions between Ukraine and Russia and between Russia and the NATO countries in recent weeks, we remain deeply concerned, as we have been since 2014, for the impact of this ongoing conflict on innocent civilians throughout Ukraine.

All our religious traditions call us to pray and work for peace. We join our voices and hands together. We must open our eyes to those who are suffering, and we cannot remain indifferent to the injustice this conflict has brought on the people of Ukraine and may bring on people of neighboring countries.

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Bishop Eaton, ELCA, News, LettersBrian FlatgardEcumenical and Inter-Religious Relations, Russia and Ukraine WarComment