Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Last week Wanda and I attended my father’s final interment at Arlington National Cemetery, where he received a full military funeral ceremony for his service and rank as a Lt. Colonel in the Air Force. So many memories flooded my mind as any of us
Continue readingThis is what the Lord says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” This is what the Lord says: “Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work
Continue readingOn August 25th, many churches and communities will be marking this quad-centennial of “Landing Day,” a tragic event that ushered in four centuries of slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, and racism which persists today. The ELCA continues to grapple with its complicity in these injustices. The congregations of the Southwest California Synod
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