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It's a beautiful day at Lutherdale for the Northern Illinois Synod Professional Leaders Conference

I'm at a loss of vocabulary... What is a word that describes the simultaneous disgust yet desensitization a person feels amid the endlessly grinding newscycle?

Who Has a Place at the Table? A sermon preached on August 31, 2025

I think I might know why the emails from LWR are going to my spam folder... is there a way to help the filter tell the difference between "love of neighbor" and thirst trap messages?

What Are We Thinking & Feeling When We Come to Worship? A sermon preached on August 24, 2025

I just today heard this news. Pastor Stephens was my pastor as a student at Carthage College. He presided at my wedding. He was a source of encouragement and faithful guidance.

Not Peace but Division - Too Real Sermon preached on August 17, 2025

The Ups & Downs and all the Oddities In-between Sermon Preached on August 10, 2025

Just a few pictures from my morning walk of the campus at Garrett

Some really powerful mood lighting in the chapel at Garrett today

Well today is the day I start my doctoral studies 🧑‍🎓 It's been awhile since I was in seminary so everything feels new again... So excited 😁

"A group of crypto traders is claiming at least partial responsibility..." I'm calling BS on this being a way to draw attention to crypto currency. This is a clear example of toxic masculinity and bro culture getting away with inappropriate behavior and attempted intimidation...

There's been a lot of discussion lately around mRNA vaccines. Learn about them from mRNA researcher & Nobel Prize winner Prof. Katalin Karikó. Science, solutions & solidarity.

Yeah... something about this feels like it would get messy fast

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. The beginning of true democracy in America. A offering to this country paid for by the work, dedication and lives of ordinary Black people. We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?

It's the simple things that make all the difference sometimes

Looking at the readings for Sunday

Please for the love of all that's holy ... I can't take the constant door-to-door direct marketing anymore ... I have nothing against the poor souls that are going to bypass hell for the number of doors they get slammed in their face ... I just can't do the dialogue anymore ... 🧵

Some really good pastors in this picture #Throwbackthursday

With all the news from the #ELCA CWA I almost missed this happening... Yep that's not making me feel old at all

Sermon by the Bishop-Elect of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land from the ELCA CWA

"The gathered assembly just heard an introduction to the recommended proposed edits to the Human Sexuality Social Statement from the members of the Human Sexuality Task Force. We hold this work in prayer as the assembly will vote on those edits Friday." - Reconciling Works

A snapshot of this coming Sunday's RCL readings

"The best Colbert moments to come out this era were not political so much as personal, particularly around discussions of loss." sojo.net/articles/cul...

"God’s conception of humanity is vaster and more varied than we can comprehend." sojo.net/magazine/nov...

"Thor learns there will always be someone more powerful — someone you can’t just punch to death. A god (or movement) who builds their kingdom solely on power will one day find themselves overthrown (just ask Zeus, Jupiter, or Marduk)." sojo.net/articles/wha...

ELCA ACTION ALERT: Protect Affordable Housing Programs As the annual 2026 federal budget advances, proposed cuts to housing programs threaten to reduce affordable housing. Take action.

"As I’ve been wrestling with this idol of safety, I’ve repeatedly been convicted by this truth: Jesus never called us to be safe; he called us to be faithful." (2016) sojo.net/articles/wor...

"This church urges the U.S. government, as well as Christian leaders in our nation, to join Pope Leo XIV’s renewed call for an immediate ceasefire." -The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, Presiding Bishop Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Heather Brady takes a look at how scripture transcends the gender binary. Here are 10 Bible verses that show a biblical approach to gender that is as varied as the colors in a rainbow. sojo.net/articles/wha...

💯 this

A thought from a working pastor: If a parishioner is curious why volunteers are not readily available, stop and reflect for a moment on this phrase... Will talking about volunteers behind their back encourage or discourage others from participating?

Calling for “revolution of love,” Pope compares road traveled by Good Samaritan to road traversed by those “robbed and pillaged, victims of tyrannical political systems, of an economy that forces them into poverty, of wars that kill their dreams and their very lives.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is suing Tennessee’s 32 District Attorneys General over a law criminalizing people and organizations who provide shelter to undocumented immigrants. Story: @connordaryani.bsky.social

I've been waiting to post for just the right time and I guess that's now... I've officially registered for my first courses as a Doctoral Student

Well this is a supremely terrible turn of events www.cbsnews.com/news/irs-pas...

"With your help, Lutheran Disaster Response will support people affected by the catastrophic flooding in Texas and any other disasters that may strike this season."