Equal in Faith Fast

The Equal in Faith fast for gender justice will occur one week from today on Monday, August 26, 2013.  Please follow the link to the Equal in Faith Event page on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/events/548948465166297/ to register your support.  You do not need to be physically in Washington, DC on that day to be “going.”  The event is being sponsored by […]

Pentecost, Gifting, and Gospel

After reading, on this eve of Pentecost, the scriptural texts for tomorrow morning and thinking about God’s Spirit, God’s giving, and God’s gifting, I came across this YouTube video from the Time to Soar conference held in Adelaide, Australia last year. The conference was sponsored by a group in the Lutheran Church of Australia that […]

Baptized into Christ

Baptized into Christ But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification.  The end is eternal life.”  Romans 6:22 With an emphasis on justification, Lutherans have not been known for well-developed thoughts on sanctification, the state of being made holy and the outflow (result) of […]