This week I was invited to visit Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas. A part of their strategic plan is to strengthen ties with their church body, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. My time on campus as a visiting bishop... Continue Reading →
Joshua 5:9-12 — After the Israelites cross the Jordan, the disgrace of Egypt is over, the manna stops and the people eat the bounty of the land. Psalm 32 — I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the Lord’,... Continue Reading →
In 1454, Pope Nicholas V issued Romanus Pontifex, a papal bull granting Portugal ownership of Africa, well, most of it, everything south of Cape Boujdour, in the Western Sahara. With these stunning and fateful words, the Pope gave permission to... Continue Reading →
Isaiah 55:1-9 – 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. Seek the Lord while he may be found. Return... Continue Reading →
