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Pastor, Wilmette Lutheran Church
Chair, MCS Lutheran-Jewish Dialogue

About Leon Rosenthal

Pastor, Wilmette Lutheran Church
Chair, MCS Lutheran-Jewish Dialogue

Heritage and Hope?

May 27, 2016 by Leon Rosenthal

“Making Christ Known: Alive in Our Heritage and Hope,” was the theme for the Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America which met in Philadelphia, August 14-20, 1997. Ecumenical issues dominated the proceedings, with the focus on three major decisions: (1) the Formula of Agreement with the three churches of the Reformed tradition; […]

Filed Under: Ecumenism and Full Communion

The Foundation: Finding Unity as Biblical People of Promise

May 20, 2016 by Leon Rosenthal

Let’s talk! This is a good name for this newsletter and it is the point of this article on Jewish-Christian Dialogue. I maintain that this Jewish-Christian dialogue, because it traces its origin from the Scriptures of both traditions, and necessarily “returns” to them, is foundational for all ecumenical and inter-faith dialogue. Both Jewish and Christian […]

Filed Under: Ecumenism

20.1 Lent 2015

The Catechumenate

19.4: Advent 2014

Communion and Community

19.3: Ordinary Time 2014

Green coffee beans (top left), Nicaraguan red beans (top right), corn (bottom left) and millet, vital Nicaraguan crops, held in women farmers’ hands

Food and Justice

19.2: Pentecost 2014

Latvian Wheat by Dace Kiršpile

Growing Leaders

19.1: Epiphany 2014

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