Have you been listening to teenagers lately, along the frontier?  City meets suburbia and third world meets all the rest in this funky landscape we call the Metropolitan Chicago Synod, and for the sake of the Church we should pay close attention to how theology plays out here with the emerging generation.  One thing you […]

We have all read that in the history of Christianity congregations and even denominations have come and gone. When this is just a discussion about history that’s fine. But when it is about my congregation I don’t want to hear pious, calm discussion about history. Whether I am the person in the pew or the […]

When the planners of a recent Metro Chicago Synod professional leaders conference advertised their intentions, they included a line: “Our first recourse is to God, who promises to be with us and lead us.” If we really believe that, we are on course. Such a confession does not solve everything, but it clears the air […]

I am appreciative of the planning and interest­ expressed by the Editorial Council of Let’s Talk and the writers of this first issue. I have been involved since the original conversations and heartily affirm this journal in the life of Metro Chicago Synod and its leaders. This is a vehicle to share our concerns and […]

“We have no need to fear the future.” So said bishop-elect H. George Anderson at a news conference immediately following his election as bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. “[The future] belongs­ to God, untouched by human hands.” At the beginning of a new ministry of leadership and pastoral oversight, such words from […]