One year before the 500th Anniversary of Luther’s posting his 95 theses, the ELCA approves the “Declaration on the Way,” a unique ecumenical document that marks a path toward greater unity between Catholics and Lutherans
Derek Olsen writes on how his dad’s teaching of his love of football continues to reap benefits and draws parallels for how we pass along our faith to our children.
“Ritual formation is a tricky process, religious experts said. Church members don’t always agree on how well-established rituals function, or how to ensure that a new ceremony is distinctly Episcopalian or Jewish or Islamic. “Creating new rituals is extremely dangerous. Unless you do it well, you run the risk of undermining traditional rituals,” said Rabbi Geller.
Canadian diocese piloting new way of offering camp ministry
Certainly there was a parallel in the conversations – him pouring out his heart into my sympathetic silence, me pouring out my heart into God’s sympathetic silence.