This Sunday when I preach at Salem, I will bring cases of water and two of my own large drinking water bottles. When I return home I will refill them from my faucet and remember the people in Flint. I will be more attentive to ELCA blogs and advocacy requests. Jesus, who gives life-giving water, compels me to do this and to act. Living Earth Reflection: February 201602/29/2016 in God's Work. Our Hands. tagged Advocacy by John Page
Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you that have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price (Isaiah 55:1). Lenten Advocacy Reflection: Thinking Differently02/28/2016 in God's Work. Our Hands. tagged Advocacy by John Page
Things are not looking good for the prospects of life as we know it, and especially human life, in this blue planet that we call home. What is the church called to do in the midst of such overwhelming circumstances? The Journal of Lutheran Ethics, February 201602/28/2016 in Catechesis tagged Journal of Lutheran Ethics by John Page
News from around the New Jersey Synod February 24, 2016 Jersey Jottings 2/24/1602/25/2016 in Church News tagged Jersey Jottings by John Page
Join the ELCA at Ecumenical Advocacy Days (EAD), April 15-18 in Washington, D.C. as we gather as a denomination to engage around voting rights and racial justice. To learn more and register for Ecumenical Advocacy Days, click here! Ecumenical Advocacy Days is a movement of the ecumenical Christian community […] Register now for Ecumenical Advocacy Days, April 15-1802/24/2016 in God's Work. Our Hands. tagged Advocacy by John Page
Dear friends, During the month of February we hear a lot about love, at least from a Hallmark perspective with the commercialization of Valentine’s Day. But in some ways I find it fitting that during a month in which there is so much emphasis placed on love that we find […] ELCA Worship News: February 201602/23/2016 in Church News / Worship & Music tagged ELCA Worship News by John Page
For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and is generous to all who call on him. For, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” – Romans 10:12-13 Lenten Advocacy Reflection: My God vs. your God02/21/2016 in God's Work. Our Hands. tagged Advocacy by John Page
News from around the New Jersey Synod February 17, 2016 Jersey Jottings 2/17/1602/21/2016 in Church News tagged Jersey Jottings by John Page
The Lutheran Alliance for Faith, Science, and Technology Newsletter In our first issue of 2016, we are continuing our look at denominational differences in the faith and science dialogue with a review of a new report from the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod from George Murphy. It caps off a […] Covalence for February 201602/17/2016 in Church News tagged Covalence by John Page