For the 500th Anniversary of Martin Luther’s treatise The Freedom of a Christian, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton invited our church to revisit the treatise. I never did that with my congregation or cluster, but I am inviting our synod into the STUDY this summer. We will meet online for six Tuesdays from Aug. 8-Sept. 12. This will be a way for you to get to know me and explore this sometime timeless document. We will also pray with and for one another and our synod. Summer is a time of travel, so I would hope participants could make at least four of the six sessions.
From Bishop Eaton, “Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther wrote a treatise titled The Freedom of a Christian. In it, he offered his most compelling summary of the Christian life: In Christ we are completely free and at the same time completely bound in love and service to our neighbors. For Christians such as you and me, this has been our Lutheran way of telling the Christian story for 500 years. At the heart of our Lutheran theological tradition, we find the antidote to our despair.”
Fill out this GOOGLE FORM if you would like to participate.
-Bishop Meggan Manlove
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Hi Bishop Manlove, I’m a pastor in the Florida Bahamas Synod. I would love to attend your Freedom of a Christian series and also invite the members of the congregation I serve. Since your email said you were inviting your synod, I thought I’d better ask permission before going to the Google form or forwarding your email to the congregation. So, this is me asking permission.
God’s Peace, Gayle Nelson
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Pastor Nelson–wonderful to have you join us. How in the world did you find my series/Google Form? – Bishop Manlove
Thank you, Bishop. I’m not sure who will join, but I definitely will.
I’m really not sure how I found your blog, but I’m glad I did. It may have been when I was looking for commentaries or something.
God’s Peace, Gayle Nelson
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Oh, wait. Your series I found from your blog that I subscribed to some time ago.
God’s Peace, Gayle
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