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Bishop Murray Finck, Pacifica Synod, ELCA, offers prayer and compassion for the LGBTQ community
Again we join people across our nation and around the world with mourning and lament. We pray for the families of the 50 people slain, and the 53 wounded victims of the horrific slaughter of innocent lives in Orlando. Let us hold them in our hearts. We grieve for the peoples of LGBTQ communities everywhere...Continue reading→
Bishop John S. Macholz, Upstate NY Synod, ELCA, prays for an end to violence against the LGBTQ community
50? Is that what it’s going to take? Or is it 60 or 75 or 100? When will we take a stand and say no more? No more killing grounded in ignorance! No more hate crimes against our brothers and sisters in the LGBTQIA community! No more deaths because someone’s skin is a different color...Continue reading→
Bishop Clare Burkat, Southeastern PA Synod, ELCA, offers prayers for healing and hope for LGBTQ people
This is my prayer tonight… God of peace, mercy and justice. The suffering on this day is inconsolable, the tears overflowing, and the fear palpable. The slaying of your LGBTQ people in Orlando cries out for healing, hope and Justice.. Hear the cries of grief and the anguish of loss. Have mercy and compassion for...Continue reading→

