Main Street Lutherans, Discussions about the ELCA
Deacon Margret Folkemer-Leonard joins the team to talk about everyone's favorite cranberry colored Evangelical Luther Worship and Song book, the ELW.
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Ben and Keith review the 95 Theses, the starting point for Martin Luther's Reformation.
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ELCA Vice President Imran Siddiqui joins us for a second conversation about the Churchwide organization. We get into some details about the different home areas of the national church body and how the employees help our synods and congregations do God's ministry.
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This is a long one. Ben and Keith ask the VP what his job in the church is and how the ELCA is governed. In the next episode, we'll get into more details.
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Ben talks with Rev Keats Miles-Wallace about Technicolor Ministries, and online expression of Lutheran community based in the SW Texas Synod. We discuss how it works, how that model might work for other groups, and how this ministry is expanding.
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Keith talks with Deacon Chelle Huth and Sister Marianne Brock about all thing Deacon in the ELCA.
Episode 18's Catechism Question: What technology made Martin Luther's writings spread farther and faster than prior critics of the Roman Catholic Church? a The Gutenberg Press b The Washington Post c The Xavier Onassis Quantum Chair D Wikipedia
Episode 19's Catechism Question: What is the origin of the word “deacon”? a Taken from the name David D. “Deacon” Jones, an NFL defensive lineman and Hall of Famer known for coining the phrase “quarterback sack” b A reference to the rodent poison known as d-CON, which church sacristans and sextons use to keep mice away from the communion bread. c Derived from the Greek word diakónos which means “servant,” “waiter,” or “administrator” d A much appreciated abbreviation of the academic pursuit known fully as Deconstructionist Eschatology And Christological Ontology Nomenclature
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Ben and Keith talk about what might make a podcast "ELCA Lutheran", why there aren't a whole lot of them, and why they're hard to find. They also do some self-reflection about this podcast and give some advice to anyone who is considering starting their own.
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Ben and Keith dig into a Social Message that was adopted by the ELCA Church Council in 2020. It has some parts that are useful in helping us look at our human-built structures (government, economy, and social systems) in a way that sees God at work in the world.
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Keith is back! We discuss the ELCA's extravagant welcome of all people and what that means.
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Ben talks with Rev Drew Tucker about the history of Lutheran Camps and how they are adapting to our changing world and ways of being church. Pastor Drew even gives us a Catechism Question!
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Sacred Playgrounds Camp Research and Support by Jacob Sorenson
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Win Kurlfink joins us to talk about the Perennial Waters Project, an environmental stewardship group operating from St Philip Lutheran Church in Trenton, MI. Ben and Keith talk about how the ELCA Social Statement, Caring for Creation from 1993, helps congregations focus efforts to help renew the environment.
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Of the Land and Seasons, Seasonal Liturgy Keith mentions
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Ben & Keith talk about their time at the Festival of Homiletics in Pittsburgh.
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Keith and Ben talk about translations, editions, formats, and disposal of the Bible. And Judi Tyler is our first Catechism Question winner!
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Keith talks with Deacon Margaret Folkemer-Leonard, Director of Music (and other things artsy) at St Matthew Lutheran Church in York, PA. They discuss the Church Year and the Lutheran Worship Liturgy.
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Keith and Ben discuss how the ELCA creates and approves of Social Statements and Messages that are published. And we bring you another Catechism question.
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