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ELCA Conservative: June 2015
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Personal and professional musings from a Jesus-loving, center-right chica navigating life and faith in the ELCA ("takin' this bound conscience thing out for a test drive"). Friday, June 26, 2015. So, welcome to church. The gospel story for today is one that is a staple of Sunday School teachers everywhere – as well it should be. Here in this section of Mark, Jesus is going around the towns healing people, and we get a more detailed view into two of those miraculous healings. Everyone wants a piece of thi...
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The Benedictine Lutheran: April 2015
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Friday, April 3, 2015. The Living Reality of the Cross. I did not intend to take a break from blogging during Lent, but that is what ended up happening. After Easter, I will be spending more time at Sacred Heart Monastery in Yankton, where I am being trained to become a spiritual director. After that, hopefully I will be able to resume blogging on at least a semi-regular basis. Elie Wiesel recounted the following occurrence from his childhood experience in a concentration camp:. 8220;Where is He? Mercy B...
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ELCA Conservative: November 2013
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Personal and professional musings from a Jesus-loving, center-right chica navigating life and faith in the ELCA ("takin' this bound conscience thing out for a test drive"). Friday, November 22, 2013. Confessions of an Incomplete Liturgical Nerd. True Confession: I’m a liturgy nerd. I like this stuff because I think it points to Jesus. I like it because it’s different. And when we pray and sing and read the actual words of Scripture. I love the old hymns. 8220;Of the Father’s Love Begotten” is...Century a...
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David Yeago, Facing Reality in the ELCA | Lutherans Persisting
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They persisted in the apostles' teaching and communion (Acts 2:42). David Yeago, Facing Reality in the ELCA. Remarks Delivered to the South Carolina Synod Day of Holy Conversation. Newberry, South Carolina. February 6, 2010. By David S. Yeago. Michael C. Peeler Professor of Systematic Theology. Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary. The ELCA changed last August in more fundamental ways than perhaps we generally realize. We didn’t only adopt a social statement and two policy changes. Those action...Let m...
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What Was Decided? The April ‘Clarifications’ and Keeping Faith | Lutherans Persisting
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They persisted in the apostles' teaching and communion (Acts 2:42). The April ‘Clarifications’ and Keeping Faith. What did the ELCA decide in August? A The Task Force recommendation. The Report and Recommendations on Ministry Policies (hereafter, the Report, found here. The Report also clearly implies that this structured flexibility would be some new set of procedures introduced into the ELCA: The existing discernment processes for approval and call already assume that synods, bishops, candidacy committ...
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The Benedictine Lutheran: Direction in a Directionally-Challenged World
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Friday, January 30, 2015. Direction in a Directionally-Challenged World. However, there will still inevitably be times when we feel God's absence more than God's presence. In those times, we can pray, and a prayer like this one is particularly appropriate when we are feeling a little (or a lot) directionally challenged in our life:. March 26, 2015 at 8:32 PM. Youre not writing anymore! I couldnt find a better place to post a message so here it will be! I feel like Im rambling so I apologize. I have s...
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The Benedictine Lutheran: Santa Lucia
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Saturday, December 13, 2014. According to the tradition, Lucia (whose name means "light") was martyred in Sicily around 310 A.D., during one of the last major periods of Christian persecution before Constantine became emperor and legalized Christianity a few years later. Several centuries later, when Christianity spread to Northern Europe, her story and name took on special meaning there, because she represents light during the darkest time of year, around the winter solstice. View my complete profile.
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The Benedictine Lutheran: November 2014
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Friday, November 14, 2014. In that same writing, Luther had nothing but praise for St. Anthony, the founder of monasticism:. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I'm a Lutheran pastor and attorney (so I've got both law and gospel covered) with an interest in Benedictine spirituality. View my complete profile. Follow me on Twitter. The Benedictine Lutheran on Twitter. City Desert Desert Spirituality for the City. Recreating the Judean Hills? MONKS AND MERMAIDS (A Benedictine Blog). 2nd SUNDAY OF ADVENT.
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The Benedictine Lutheran: September 2014
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Monday, September 8, 2014. Death and Life (Monday Morning in the Desert). Death to self and life in God are inseparably linked: the one without the other remains sterile." (From p. 43 of "The Prayer of Love and Silence". Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Death and Life (Monday Morning in the Desert). I'm a Lutheran pastor and attorney (so I've got both law and gospel covered) with an interest in Benedictine spirituality. View my complete profile. Follow me on Twitter. The Benedictine Lutheran on Twitter.
