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Sunday evening, May 20, 2012, 9:15 p.m. Dear Prayer Partners and Friends: Last Wednesday, I was privileged to be an ecumenical guest at the installation of William E. Lori, 16th Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore. What a blessed event that was! I come out of an African-American Lutheran congregation, and I . . . → Read More: Prayer Partners 05.20.2012 Sunday afternoon, May 13, 2012, 3:30 p.m. Dear Prayer Partners and Friends: Happy Mother’s Day! I spent my day with the good people at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Hampstead. They worked me hard (I preached at three services this morning) but they also win the prize for the most gracious welcome during a . . . → Read More: Prayer Partners 05.13.2012 Sunday evening, May 6, 2012, 8:30 p.m. Dear Prayer Partners and Friends: Welcome to this week’s e-mail update from your well-traveled bishop. I was in Arnold, Maryland, today, preaching at Gloria Dei! Lutheran Church, and just got back from College Park where I participated in the retirement celebration of Pastor Elizabeth Platz who for . . . → Read More: Prayer Partners 05.06.2012 Sunday evening, April 29, 2012, 9:45 p.m. Dear Prayer Partners and Friends: What a great week this has been (especially since it included two days off)! I was privileged to spend three days in three locations with our rostered leaders during the spring Bishop’s Leadership Days. The sessions were well attended (all told more . . . → Read More: Prayer Partners 04.29.2012 Sunday evening, April 22, 2012, 9:40 p.m. Dear Prayer Partners and Friends: Man, am I tired … just got home after a three-and-a-half hour trip through the driving rain from Cumberland. The drive wasn’t fun, but this afternoon’s ordination service for Tormod O. Svensson at Christ Lutheran in LaVale sure was! I find I . . . → Read More: Prayer Partners 04.22.2012 Monday morning, April 16, 2012, 11:20 a.m. Dear Prayer Partners and Friends: I’m baaack!! I am so glad to be in touch with you again after a three-week hiatus. The synod office move is over (well, for the most part with only a few unpacked boxes remaining) and our computer system is up and . . . → Read More: Prayer Partners 04.16.2012 Sunday evening, March 25, 2012, 9:25 p.m. Dear Prayer Partners and Friends: Just getting home from Frederick where this afternoon we celebrated a wonderful Service of Holy Communion with the ordination of Christopher Litton as a minister of Word and Sacrament, the commissioning of Linda Smith as an Associate in Ministry and the reception . . . → Read More: Prayer Partners 03.25.2012 Sunday afternoon, March 18, 2012, 12:45 p.m. Dear Prayer Partners and Friends: Welcome to this week’s edition of the Prayer Partners blog … and hello from Gettysburg! I am at the Theological Seminary, along with our vice president, Yolanda Tanner, and treasurer, Mick Thistle, at a two-day meeting of leaders in Region 8. We . . . → Read More: Prayer Partners 03.18.2012 Sunday evening, March 11, 2012, 9:00 p.m. Dear Prayer Partners and Friends: Sunday is quickly becoming my favorite day of the week. Almost every Sunday I get to visit one (or sometimes more) of our congregations, seeing what God is doing even through the smallest and most challenged congregation. This morning, I had . . . → Read More: Prayer Partners 03.11.2012 Sunday afternoon, March 5, 2012, 1:45 p.m. (Central Standard Time) Dear Prayer Partners and Friends: Finally, some downtime! I am in Chicago, arrived on Thursday for the spring meeting of the ELCA Conference of Bishops which runs through Tuesday. We are at a hotel and resort outside of Chicago, but other than this Sunday . . . → Read More: Prayer Partners 03.05.2012 |
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