On 6 March 2019 the Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America released a pastoral message addressed to the church concerning Vision and Expectations, a document first passed as policy in 1990 that has been under increasing scrutiny because of its misuse. Vision and Expectations (version for pastors, version for deacons), it … Continue reading An Un-pastoral Message: Response to “Trustworthy Servants of the People of God”
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Twenty-Eight Saints: February 23 and 24
February in the United States is Black History Month. In honor of that month, each day in February will feature an African-American saint from different periods of the Civil Rights Movements in America. February 23 Kate Brown, 1840 - 1883 Brown worked for the United States Senate washing towels and curtains as the head of … Continue reading Twenty-Eight Saints: February 23 and 24
Twenty-Eight Saints: February 21 and 22
February in the United States is Black History Month. In honor of that month, each day in February will feature an African-American saint from different periods of the Civil Rights Movements in America. February 21 Maria W. Stewart, 1803 - 1879 Stewart was born to free black parents, and when they died when she was … Continue reading Twenty-Eight Saints: February 21 and 22
Twenty-Eight Saints: February 19 and 20
February in the United States is Black History Month. In honor of that month, each day in February will feature an African-American saint from different periods of the Civil Rights Movements in America. February 19 Norris Wright Cuney, c. 1846 - 1898 Though he was of majority-white ancestry, Cuney was born a slave. His mother … Continue reading Twenty-Eight Saints: February 19 and 20
Twenty-Eight Saints: February 17 and 18
February in the United States is Black History Month. In honor of that month, each day in February will feature an African-American saint from different periods of the Civil Rights Movements in America. February 17 Fred Shuttlesworth, 1922 - 2011 Shuttlesworth understood what it meant to put his life on the line for justice. As … Continue reading Twenty-Eight Saints: February 17 and 18
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