I get somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 to 250 “real” emails each day (this doesn’t include those of the “spam” variety). Most of them are routine. Some are problem-solving. Some are queries about AF resources. Some are from resource center or other listserv groups. Some are invitations to meetings. [...]

The Lutheran Study Bible is being spotted all over the place on its Facebook fan page. My personal favorite, the juxtaposition of ELCA Secretary David Swartling’s copy on the desk at the ELCA Church Council meeting this weekend next to his copy of Robert’s Rules of Order. As David said in an email [...]

Everywhere I travel, I am hearing a bubbling up of energy around mission. Of moving our congregations from being internally focused to being centers of God’s mission. I hear missional stories from my husband, Rick Rouse, as he teaches with Craig Van Gelder in Luther Seminary’s D. Min program and works with congregations [...]