Bishop Gafkjen’s February Newsletter Has Arrived
Cross-Marked and Spirit-Sealed Children of God "Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?" Romans 6:3 In mid-January I experienced a distinct pleasure [...]
Bishop Gafkjen’s December Newsletter
You shall be called, “Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.” Isaiah 62:6-12 is one of the suggested readings for Christmas Day. There are no shepherds in Isaiah’s proclamation, no star, no angels or magi, no [...]
HKBP Companion Church Seminary Library Project
More than a year ago, the I-K Synod began work with Augsburg Fortress and the Theological Book Network to provide desperately needed books for the library of the theological seminary ("STT") of the HKBP, our [...]
Webcasts with Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton
Ecumenical witness and the Reformation anniversary webcast It's not too late to revisit the webcast! Join Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton for the webcast that explored ecumenical and interreligious witness on the eve of the Reformation [...]
Bishop Gafkjen’s November Newsletter Has Arrived
Give us this day our daily bread. The Lord's Prayer, 4th Petition, Small Catechism AJ Jacobs, a self-professed agnostic who is not sure he believes in God, spent a year of his life living as [...]
Bishop Gafkjen’s October Newsletter Has Arrived
Rummage Sale Season “The Right Reverend Mark Dyer, an Anglican bishop known for his wit as well as his wisdom, famously observes from time to time that the only way to understand what is currently [...]