When I speak to groups or individuals throughout the church, I often talk about Augsburg Fortress as “the ministry of publishing within the ELCA and for the larger Christian community.” We are a business, but the business is a means to having the financial resources to be ministry. I frequently hear stories about [...]

For the past 4 days, I have had the privilege of sitting in on the ELCA’s Conference of Bishops meeting, being held in Lake Geneva, WI.
In any organization, leaders are often targets of second-guessing & criticism no matter what decisions they make. Bishops and other leaders in the church (including yours truly) [...]