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There is a lot for the Christ child to do before the work on earth is done. Jesus will grow into adulthood. He will teach and feed and heal. Jesus will suffer the betrayal of his friends and will die that we might live. I think about this on Christmas Eve and pray, “Rest now, dear midnight Son.”
Sure, we all know that Advent is a time of waiting, and preparing, for things that are yet to come. And we do that pretty well. …Do we ever do that too well? That’s what Paul kept trying to tell the congregation in Thessalonica: they were getting so caught up waiting for Christ’s return that they forgot to act at all!
Our church has consistently called for an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory, the cessation of all settlement activities and withdrawal from settlements on Palestinian territory to the 1967 boundaries, a negotiated, final status agreement between Israel and the Palestinians and the establishment of and international support for a viable, contiguous Palestinian state. We will continue to work with ecumenical and inter-religious partners who share these commitments.
The Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) met at the Lutheran Center in Chicago, Nov. 7-10. Twenty-three new members, elected by the 2019 Churchwide Assembly, were welcomed. The council serves as the ELCA’s board of directors and interim legislative authority between meetings of the Churchwide Assembly.
Kathy Freeman Summers was appointed to a four-year term as president and CEO of the ELCA Foundation and executive director of the Mission Advancement unit of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Her term began Oct. 1.
Temporada de dudas. En su columna de noviembre para Living Lutheran, la obispo presidente de ELCA, Elizabeth Eaton, compara la duda con el invierno: puede parecer largo, frío, árido, aislado y solitario. Pero ella nos recuerda que la duda es parte de la fe y que Dios nos llevará durante el invierno.
Season of doubt. In her November column for Living Lutheran, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton compares doubt to winter—it can seem long, cold, barren, isolating and lonely. But she reminds us that doubt is part of faith—and God will carry us through the winter.
Enjoy The Chimes, November and December 2019 edition, published by The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer.
This Portico update, from your Regional Representative, Pastor Cathy Schibler, includes information on Low 2020 Healthy Rate Increases, Benefit Plan Enrollment Dates, How to Earn Wellness Dollars, and much more.
Debemos ser audaces. En su columna de septiembre / octubre para Living Lutheran, la obispa presidenta de la IELA, Elizabeth Eaton, reflexiona sobre la Asamblea de la Iglesia de 2019, diciendo que las acciones tomadas se basaron en "nuestra comprensión bíblica y confesional de quién Dios elige que seamos". En Milwaukee, dice: “Salimos con fe”.