Recent Messages
from ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson
General Messages
- 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
Holy Day Messages
Monthly Column in The Lutheran
- 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