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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Keith and Ben discuss Luther's Small Catechism, whether it's still relevant, and why we use it for our ending segment each episode.
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Pastor Elizabeth Friedman returns to talk with us about the future of the ELCA and the Commission for a Renewed Lutheran Church (CRLC). Ben gets confused about years. The Columbus Churchwide Assembly was in 2022, not 2023.
TLDR: The ELCA is trying to reorganize the denomination structure through our constitutions (Churchwide, Synods, and Congregations) and other documents, with the hope that we can be better prepared for our ministry going forward.
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Ben and Keith discuss the sacrament of Holy Baptism.
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An Arizona priest used one word wrong in baptisms for decades. They're all invalid. (NPR)
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Pastor Elizabeth Friedman joins us to talk about how Campus Ministry works to help young adults in ways that represent the essence of being an ELCA Lutheran.
And we get a new Catechism Question.
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We start out talking about the ELCA Subreddit. The main topic is Membership. Why? Why not? What's in it for members and the congregations. And we end with our Catechism questions.
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Keith and Ben discuss New Year Resolutions and Lenten Disciplines. Ben's failed at his first Resolution. Let's wee how we do with Lent.
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Ben and Keith discuss the Sacraments, starting with Communion.
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Ben and Keith discuss why they became and remained Lutherans in the ELCA. Also a bit about Rosalynn Carter's memorial service and a new Catechism question.
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