As the successors of the Norwegian Synod, members of the ELS remember the oak trees at Koshkonong, Wisconsin, where in 1844 a Lutheran pastor from Norway gathered a small group of immigrants. The words of Psalm 78 directed the pastor as he answered the question, “Can God Furnish a Table in the Wilderness?” God fed His…
The Anniversaries Continue. In 2017, we observed the 500th anniversary of the Reformation; in 2018, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) is observing the centennial anniversary of its reorganization. A series of historical centennial readings will be posted each week entitled: “Proclaim the Wonders God Has Done: 1918–2018” as the ELS celebrates one hundred years of…
Last week, the pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod met in Bloomington, Minnesota, (near Minneapolis) for its annual General Pastoral Conference for continuing education, worship, synodical news updates and to discuss our teachings. The theme of the devotions was “Meditations on Election”, and all of the readings and hymn selections highlighted the that wondrous, mysterious…