Tag: lutheran

Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church in Seattle will celebrate 50 years of women Lutheran pastors, honoring pioneering clergy and the legacy of Rev. Nancy Winder.

50 people gathered at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church for a Paths To Understanding event focused on healing divisions through dialogue and trust.

Historically, one of the points of disagreement between Martin Luther and Roman Catholic leaders had to do with the connection between faith and good works. Luther insisted that salvation depended on faith alone, while Catholic teachers responded that one's eternal destiny required good works. 

My friend Susan Swan spoke very highly of Trinity Lutheran Church located just off of the WSU campus nestled gently at the top of NE Lybecker Road in Pullman. She was a retired professor of history, and in her more active days, she spent many a Sunday there.

My Christian denomination, along with some others, celebrates the time between January 6 and Ash Wednesday as the season of Epiphany. In common use an epiphany is a sudden moment of awareness — an "ah ha" moment. Etymologically, an epiphany is a shining (“-pha’’-) forth (“epi-“), a manifestation of light. In Christian tradition, this shining forth is the coming of Jesus into the world, a coming through which we all may shine.

Scripture plainly states that God is the one responsible for our eternal destiny, and that we cannot save ourselves.

This week, we observe the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.