Recent Messages
from ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson
General Messages
- All Saints Day Sermon (Delivered November 1, 2009; posted Nov. 18, 2009)
- Pastoral letter from Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson (September 23, 2009)
- Remarks to the Eleventh Churchwide Assembly (Delivered August 21, 2009; posted Sept. 1, 2009)
- Report of the Presiding Bishop from the 2009 Churchwide Assembly (August 18, 2009)
- Presiding Bishop's Sermon at the Eleventh Churchwide Assembly
(August 17, 2009)
- Video Message for 2009 Synod Assemblies from the Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson
- On the Shooting of George Tiller (June 1, 2009)
- Invitation to 50 Days of Prayer (April 27, 2009)
- Report and Reflections from the Bishops' Academy Visit to the Holy Land (January 21, 2009)
- Presiding Bishop's Statement on Gaza Violence and Bishops' Visit to Middle East (December 31, 2008)
- Tribute to the Reverend Dr. Robert J. Marshall (December 22, 2008)
- Presiding Bishop’s Statement on 2008 Presidential Election (November 5, 2008)
- Pastoral letter to the ELCA on the U.S. Presidential Election (October 16, 2008)
- Statement on Hurricanes (September 12, 2008)
- Joint Statement on Sudan (June 4, 2008)
- Melting Snow on Mt. Kilimanjaro: A Witness of a Suffering Creation (June 2008)
- Joint Statement on Resettlement and Migration (January 30, 2008)
- Statement on Kenya (January 3, 2008)
Messages to Rostered Leaders
- Pastoral Letter to Rostered Leaders (September 23, 2009)
- Remarks to the Eleventh Churchwide Assembly (Delivered August 21, 2009; posted September 1, 2009)
- Pastoral Letter to Rostered Leaders (July 1, 2009)
- Preaching (February 11, 2009)
- Presiding Bishop's Statement on Gaza Violence and Bishops' Visit to Middle East (December 31, 2008)
- Lutheran Letter to the Candidates (July 8, 2008)
- Current Domestic Disasters (June 20, 2008)
- Death of Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho (March 19, 2008)
- An E-mail to Rostered Leaders - Lent 2008 (February 28, 2008)
- Crisis in Kenya (February 7, 2008)
Holy Day Messages
Monthly Column in The Lutheran
- August 2009: A living hope. Assembly should bring us together
- July 2009: Jazzed up for gathering. Support ELCA youth bound for New Orleans
- June 2009: Seizing an opportunity. Economic crisis gives chance to share God's generosity, faithfulness
- May 2009: Faith practices in the making. Shared activities addressing needs form way of life
- April 2009: Learning to Pray Never Stops. Think of it as a positive and as a practice
- March 2009: Witnessing in troubled times. A call for evangelical missional imagination
- February 2009: Jesus Is with Us Always. Trust in Christ's promise during anxious times
- January 2009: Fraudulent privilege. Respect missing for those on margins
- December 2008: Thriving in a pluralistic world. ELCA is evangelical, missional in its witness
- November 2008: Communal Repentance, Dying, rising with Christ no heroic individual quest.
- October 2008: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, God's work. Our hands.
- September 2008: Biblical fluency, Book of Faith 'not simply another' Bible study
- August 2008: Putting faith on the line, Presidential candidates are urged to take action
- July 2008: Growing together, Listen and learn from one another
- June 2008: Spiritual vs. religious, Hope found in role of emerging churches
- May 2008: In creation, find hope, God in, above, outside all things