Thursday 14 September 2023
The deadline for reauthorizing the Farm Bill comes at the end of September and though the deadline will likely be extended, serious considerations are already taking place and details are…
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We are not the first generation to be concerned about the future of the church. Five centuries ago, during the last of the “great rummage sale” eras as voiced by…
Read PostMonday 21 August 2023
Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality. At the present time your plenty will supply what they…
Read PostFriday 23 June 2023
I enjoy “everything bagels” when I just can’t make up my mind what kind of bagel I want. Recently, hungry for a bagel, I also got to thinking about hunger…
Read PostTuesday 06 June 2023
You are invited to attend a gathering on June 7 at 7 p.m. at Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church in St Paul. If you can’t make the in person gathering, join…
Read PostThursday 18 May 2023
Sermon for the Synod Assembly 2023 John 1:1-5, 14, 16-18 St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi Grace and peace to you in the name of the Living God, Christ Jesus,…
Read PostThursday 16 March 2023
Congregations and individuals all around the Saint Paul Area Synod have experienced lives changed, both individually and as a community of faith, because of Tanzanian partnerships. We have experienced the…
Read PostThursday 16 February 2023
At its core, our Bega Kwa Bega companionship is a relationship between the Iringa Diocese-ELCT and the Saint Paul Area Synod- ELCA, along with another layer of relationships between member…
Read PostFriday 03 February 2023
As discussions begin in the U.S. Congress on the renewal of the Farm Bill, one has to wonder about that title. Is the farm bill designed primarily to help farmers?…
Read PostThursday 19 January 2023
Three years ago, travelers to Iringa didn’t realize they would be the last Saint Paul Area Synod guests for a while. By the end of March 2020, The Lutheran Center…
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