Hosanna Family, what are your thoughts concerning the letter below? A Pastoral Letter Regarding the Churchwide Assembly Vote to Become a Sanctuary Church-body Dear friends in Christ,       In the middle of last week, the Churchwide Assembly voted to designate the ELCA a “sanctuary churchbody.” Over the next several days, news organizations picked up the story; the coverage was mostly vague. When I returned home…

I still have this fire burning within from a conversation I had with my four-year-old granddaughter this morning. Papa:  “Ave, are you going to church?”     Ave:  “No. The church is boring! “ It was at that moment that I realized that my 4-year-old granddaughter and my son, her youth pastor, are divided.  In this morning gospel text (Luke 12:49-56 49) “I have come…