Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and Beyond
The following is an invitation from the Graymoor Ecumenical and Interreligious Institute (GEII). All content and images are shared with the permission of GEII. January 18-25, 2022 Please join the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute,...
Responding to the Rise of Anti-Muslim Bigotry in the Halls of Congress
The Shoulder to Shoulder campaign and its partners are calling out the behavior of Congresswoman Lauren Boebert and others for what has become a pattern of dangerous anti-Muslim bigotry. In a press release on December 3rd, Shoulder to Shoulder’s Executive...
Renewing “A Declaration of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to the Jewish Community”
By Kathryn M. Lohre On November 11, the ELCA Church Council approved revisions to “A Declaration of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) to the Jewish Community”* as an expression of this church’s continual opposition to rising antisemitism. The...
Breaking the Silence about Suicide
By Adam Renner September is National Suicide Prevention Month, a month where the fight to end suicide is recognized on a national platform. Here at the Suicide Prevention Ministry, an Independent Lutheran Organization, suicide prevention is the driving force of...
Pastoral Guidelines for Inter-Religious Observances of 9/11
By Rev. Kristen Glass Perez Introduction: This year will mark the 20th anniversary of September 11, 2001. That day holds great significance for people in different ways including the families of those who died in the attacks and in...
New Christian Science Bibliography Marks Bicentennial Birthday of Founder, Mary Baker Eddy
July 16, 2021, marks the bicentennial of Christian Science founder, Mary Baker Eddy’s birth. Ms. Baker Eddy was an American religious leader and author, who in addition to founding the Church of Christ, Scientist, in 1879, founded the Pulitzer Prize-winning...