Thursday at the Churchwide Assembly.  I am going to miss Microphone 11.  Where I usually sit in the assembly hall is in the Visitors Section on the right side rear as you face the dais.  Directly down the aisle straight in front of me about 60 feet away is Microphone 11 – a “Green” microphone,...Continue reading→

[Rev. Dr. Shauna K. Hannan, Associate Professor of Homiletics, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, preached this sermon at the the Goodsoil Worship Service held on August 17, 2011 during the 2011 Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, August 15-19, 2011, in Orlando, Florida.]   Sisters and brothers in Christ, hear and believe this,...Continue reading→

The report on Wednesday.  In the morning riding back up in the elevator to retrieve something, I watched as multiple floor buttons were lit as people chose their destinations.  I recounted to those on the elevator that I had once been in Las Vegas attending a conference, and had noticed oddly that many times when...Continue reading→