Photographer Libby Oliver has a portrait series called “Soft Shells,” which explores people’s personalities through the clothes and accessories they wear. Libby asks subjects to collect every piece of clothing they own and then photographs them underneath their huge pile of clothes. In all the photographs the person’s identity is completely covered up.
Read MoreThis week, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton tells us of the steps she takes to find peace when she feels overwhelmed by stress and anxiety.
Read MoreA year ago, congregations gathered as usual and began the Lenten journey. Many of us attended midweek services, and shared soup and bread.
All was interrupted with the arrival of the coronavirus. Most of us did not imagine this fast of physical gathering would last a year, let alone become a new and strange “normal.”
Read More“We are at a 1945 moment” — Those words from António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, came in a speech on January 10, 2021, marking the 75th anniversary of the first meeting of the U.N. General Assembly. Referencing the moment when the world, emerging from the horrors of World War II, took their first steps into a new era of global cooperation and unity.
Read MoreOur 2021 Assembly will elect synod council members, committee members, and will also elect voting members to attend the Churchwide Assembly which will be held in August, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio.
Our nominations page is the place to nominate yourself or someone else for leadership roles in synod council, synod committees, as well as voting members at our Churchwide Assembly in August, 2022.
Read MoreDuring the season of Lent, Spirit in the Desert is offering individuals the opportunity to participate in one-on-one faith conversations with an experienced Spiritual Companion. Free of charge from Spirit in the Desert.
Read MoreEnhance your Lenten journey by discovering how to use a Labyrinth as a spiritual practice for meditation, prayer & personal transformation. Ash Wednesday, February 17 from 12:00 - 2:00 pm. Online workshop by Spirit in the Desert.
Read MoreAs a way to prepare your heart for Lent, Spirit in the Desert invites you to a Spirited Lenten Journey, including a Labyrinth Workshop, Wednesday Contemplative Services, a 6-week Sunday evening Lenten Examen, and one-on-one Spiritual Accompaniment.
Read MoreRick Radwick writes and shares that Sierra Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sierra Vista, assembled Lenten Gift Bags for all of their members.
In an attempt to help keep everyone connected during these isolating times, some members put together Lenten gift bags to be delivered the weekend before Ash Wednesday.
Read MoreEach Friday in February (and one in March), the African Descent pastors of the Southwest California Synod will be offering a podcast in honor of the Black History of the American Lutheran Church. Listen here.
Read MoreSaint Barnabas in Paradise Valley, is seeking a new Director of Operations & Finance. View the job description here, applications due February 26, 2021.
Read MoreWe pray for Rev. Adam Barnhart and the people of Shepherd of the Hills Evangelical Lutheran Church in Flagstaff, part of the High Country Conference. Visit their site at sothflagstaff.org.
Read MoreRegister today for our first-ever online assembly, June 11 and 12, 2021! Only voting members need to register. Visitors will be able to stream via Facebook live and other platforms at no cost.
Register by 3/31/2021 and save $20 on your registration. Registration closes 5/7/2021, with no exceptions. We are strictly enforcing our registration deadline this year because of the complexity of our online voting system, training, and sending of materials.
Read MoreThis week, Bishop Eaton shares some of the rich contributions of Black Lutheran history.
Read MoreKen Wheeler wrote a reflection concerning Black Lutheran saints on “whose shoulders I stand.” He identified three pioneers of this church—Nelson Trout, Will Herzfeld and Rudolph Featherstone—who greatly inspired him and his vocation. Here is a closer look at the contributions of these saints.
Read MoreThis sold-out devotional returns to stock at Augsburg Fortress today, February 10, 2021. Quantities are limited. Order today to ensure timely arrival.
A Story to Tell: Devotions for Lent 2021 is a beautiful, full-color Lenten devotional highlights readings from the gospel of Mark with 46 entries, one for each day from Ash Wednesday to Easter.
Read MoreThe prophet Isaiah provides a beautiful column of words from which to build a thoughtful sermon, but truly on this Ash Wednesday the sermon will not be built by words, but by the world that is still trying to stop the hemorrhaging of our much loved friends and family. Truly we sit upon an ash-heap of tears and unrealized hopes in this pandemic.
Read MoreBlack History Month was the idea of African American historian Carter G. Woodson in the absence of a thorough picture of the contributions of African Americans to the larger American story.
The significance of this month ought not just be embraced by those of us who are African American. The history should be important to all of us. As an African American Lutheran pastor, I think of those Black Lutheran saints on whose shoulders I stand.
Read MoreLutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) offers virtual events each week of Black History Month to touch the mind, body and spirit through worship, academic discussions, poetry, artwork, and song. All events are open to the public with registration to receive the Zoom links.
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