The word “think” in my title is significant. In a recent discussion among a group of our conference’s pastors about the sexuality issues now facing the ELCA, the presenter, sometime professor of pastoral care in one of our ELCA seminaries, made the comment that “when we confuse the pastoral issues with the theological/confessional ones, we […]
Thinking about Sexuality in the ELCA
Sent or/and Settled
I suspect that I will not be the only one commenting on the 2007 CWA to note that the ELCA is twenty years old, and that at twenty, persons often and appropriately endure identity crises. Twenty-year-olds are obviously not children, but at least in the eyes of some, neither are they expected to be quite […]