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An Eye for an Eye

An Eye for an Eye

An end to the riots must focus on the black lives lost to police brutality. It must focus on the police brutality deployed against protesters. When that is accomplished, the rest can be addressed.

Posted on 3 June 20203 June 2020 by Pastor KenPosted in Mission, PersonalTagged ELCA, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, George Floy, Lutheran, Matthew 6. Leave a comment

Two Pentecosts

A sermon for the Day of Pentecost, 31 May 2020.Preached at Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Indianapolis, IN. https://youtu.be/Auy7tHw535s

Posted on 2 June 2020 by Pastor KenPosted in SermonsTagged Black Lives Matter, ELCA, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, George Floyd, Lutheran, Pentecost. Leave a comment

Faith in Indiana – Processional for Racial Justice

https://youtu.be/lLbaP69zEbo

Posted on 31 May 2020 by Pastor KenPosted in Ecumenism, MissionTagged ELCA, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Faith in Indiana, George Floyd, Indianapolis, Live Free, Lutheran. Leave a comment

The Language of the Unheard

The Language of the Unheard

We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

Posted on 30 May 202030 May 2020 by Pastor KenPosted in Personal, TheologyTagged Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, ELCA, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, George Floyd, Lutheran, Martin Luther King Jr., Minneapolis, racism, Riots. Leave a comment

Holy Week Reflection: Holy Saturday

"My battery is low, and it's getting dark." - A poetic paraphrase of the Mars rover Opportunity's last message to Earth.

Posted on 11 April 202014 April 2020 by Pastor KenPosted in devotionsTagged Holy Saturday, Holy Week, Mars Rover, Opportunity. Leave a comment

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The Reverend Ken Ranos is pastor at Bethlehem Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Indianapolis, IN. Born and raised in Chicago, IL, he graduated from Capital University with a B.A. in Music and a B.A. in Religion; and from Trinity Lutheran Seminary with his M.Div. He’s a die-hard Chicago Blackhawks fan, a self-proclaimed nerd and geek, gamer, and liberation theologian.

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