Our Church’s Life, Death, and Resurrection

I think that as people of faith who also love our church, our challenge is to believe the Easter message that out of death comes life, and that everything – even the church we love – dies and rises to new life with Christ.

Examining the “Ecology” (and Ecclesiology?) of the ELCA

My blogging friend Erik (koinonia, @erikullestad) recently wrote a post about a new ELCA task force of which he is a member:  “Living Into the Future Together (LIFT): Renewing The Ecology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America”.  From a November 19, 2009 ELCA press release we learn that "the task force will examine the