Ashes to Go
Today’s post is by Leslie Scanlon, Pastor at Grace Lutheran in Chesapeake, VA. It was a cold winter morning (normal by New England standards), there were a couple inches of snow piled up on the side of the streets and sidewalks,...
Singing Our Faith: “Oh, Praise the Gracious Power”
Today’s post is from John Weit, Program Director for Music in the ELCA. On Feb. 19, many congregations will sing “Oh, Praise the Gracious Power” (Evangelical Lutheran Worship, #651) in response to the readings from Paul about Christ...
Transformational Worship: Worshipping Abroad
Today’s blog post is from Richard Graham, Bishop of the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod. The year after I graduated from college I had a Fulbright Fellowship to study in France. I was a student that year at the Faculty of...
Catechumenate Training and the Making of Disciples
Today’s post is from Rick Rouse with the North American Association for the Catechumenate (NAAC). We may be in a time of numerical decline among denominations, yet the church has a grand opportunity for spiritual deepening. Now is...
A Delicious Communion Table: Dinner Church at KINDRED
Today’s blog post is from Ashley Dellagiacoma, Restart Pastor at KINDRED in Houston, TX. +KINDRED is a one year old Restart Congregation that gathers weekly for dinner church in Houston, TX. We meet in a historic building among a vibrant urban neighborhood...
The Song of Simeon and What We Have See
Today’s blog post is from Kevin Strickland, Assistant to the Presiding Bishop and Executive for Worship for the ELCA, and is the longer form of the Worship E-news greeting for January 2017. “Master, now you are dismissing your servant[e] in...