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Reclaiming Luther the Decolonizer: A #DecolonizeLutheranism Post

My friends have been writing about a nascent movement called #DecolonizeLutheranism, and Lenny Duncan has written a great deal lately about James Cone’s critique of the reformation theologians’ support of power over and against the oppressed, citing, in particular Luther’s Read more…

By Eric Worringer, 5 years ago
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What an *Actual* Conversation on Race is like in the ELCA.

“You can ask the bishops anything, but we thought tonight we would talk about race…” This week, I ventured to my first year of First Call Theological Education, a required continuing education for new pastors in the Evangelical Lutheran Church Read more…

By Eric Worringer, 5 years5 years ago
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A Week and a Half after Charleston: How to be a Church named after Paul

June 28th, 2015 – The Feast of St. Paul & St. Peter – Acts 7:53-8:3 God, you have a word for us. Send your Spirit to soften our hearts and open our ears to hear that word.  Amen. If I’m Read more…

By Eric Worringer, 6 years ago
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The New Doctor(s) of the Church

“Everyone’s got an opinion these days about why people are leaving the church. Some wish to solve the problem by making Christianity a little more palatable – you know, cut our all the weird, mystical stuff about sin, demons, and Read more…

By Eric Worringer, 6 years ago
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On Being Wrong

I was 19, and riding in a van with my friend and pastor-at-the-time Jay. We were talking about a bunch of different things, and he said something I’ll never forget: “What if we’re wrong? How do we live as if Read more…

By Eric Worringer, 6 years ago
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A Maundy Thursday sermon.

Maundy Thursday – John 13 – Year B – 2015 “Clean Hearts, Full of Grace, Must Love.” God, you have a word for us, send your Holy Spirit to soften our hearts and open our ears to hear that word. Read more…

By Eric Worringer, 6 years ago
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God in Search of Man

The Transfiguration of Our Lord – Year B – Feb 15, 2015 Let us pray, God, you have a word for us. Send your Spirit to open our ears and soften our hearts, so that we may hear that word. Read more…

By Eric Worringer, 6 years ago
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Vaccinating and the Body of Christ

The news these days are exhausting. It seems like every day brings a new crisis to the forefront, a crisis du jour if you will. Most of this year, it has been the frightening terrorism of ISIS. Last week, we Read more…

By Eric Worringer, 6 years ago
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#NSFW – A Sermon for Epiphany 2B – January 18, 2015 – 1 Cor 6:12-20

Intro I want to say something about our letter from Paul this morning. This text has been used as a bludgeon against many people, to fill them with shame and despair. On behalf of the Church, I want to apologize Read more…

By Eric Worringer, 6 years ago
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Seeing Like Linus – A Sermon on the Feast of the Holy Innocents

I don’t want to preach a long sermon this morning, because I want this Gospel to be in tension with the songs we sing. I want that to do most of the preaching, but I think there is something here Read more…

By Eric Worringer, 6 years ago

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