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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

Digging Up Dirt

Digging Up Dirt

But unfortunately, today is Ash Wednesday, a day that reminds us that not only are we literally dust of the ground, fated to return to that same dust when we die, but in the grand scheme of things we are less than a speck of dust compared to the universe.

Posted on 10 February 201616 March 2016 by Pastor KenPosted in SermonsTagged Ash Wednesday, ELCA, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Isaiah 58, Lent, Lutheran, Matthew 6. Leave a comment


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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