Monthly Archives: July 2015
Jersey Jottings: News from around the New Jersey Synod July 29, 2015
Jersey Jottings 7/29/15
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ELCA Global Links July 2015
Mark your calendars and join Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton and William B. Horne II, member of the ELCA Church Council, for a live webcast on the complexity and implications of racism Aug. 6 at 8 p.m. CDT (9 p.m. EDT). Through its social statement – “Freed in Christ: Race, Ethnicity, […]
Confronting Racism
Jersey Jottings: News from around the New Jersey Synod July 22, 2015
Jersey Jottings 7/22/15
When Pope Francis issued his encyclical Laudato si, some of his critics attacked his credentials as a religious leader presuming to speak authoritatively on matters of science. Underlying these attacks is the pretense that there are some parts of creation or human endeavor that are beyond the purview of moral […]
Reconciling Science and Faith
“When we worship together as a community of living Christians, we do not worship alone, we worship ‘with all the company of heaven.’” – Marianne H. Micks
ELCA Worship News July 2015
Jersey Jottings: News from around the New Jersey Synod July 15, 2015
Jersey Jottings 7/15/15
Today, we present our ELCA Advocacy Update for the month of July. Please read below for important information on ELCA Advocacy efforts in Washington, across the country and throughout the world. Please also visit our blog for more information on advocacy efforts from our Lutheran State Advocacy offices.