CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Two seminary professors of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will deliver the Palm Sunday
and Easter messages on "Day 1," a nationally broadcast radio
program. The Rev. David J. Lose and the Rev. Mary Hinkle Shore
are on the faculty of Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., one of
eight ELCA seminaries.
Lose, academic dean and the Marbury E. Anderson chair in
biblical preaching, will be the speaker March 17, Palm Sunday or
Passion Sunday, and March 30. Shore, associate dean for first
theological degree programs and associate professor of New
Testament, will be the speaker March 23, Easter.
"It's not supposed to end this way -- Jesus' story, I mean,"
Lose says in his Passion Sunday sermon, "From Riches to Rags."
"Deep down, maybe, we knew there'd be trouble. After all, Jesus
had been causing trouble and making enemies his whole life, but
we never expected this -- the shame, the pain, the utter
helplessness, even failure," he says. Lose explores the week
before Christ's crucifixion and what meaning it holds for today.
Shore's Easter message, "The Insecure Tomb," examines the
security issues of Jesus' day, explaining that the world is still
filled with insecurity. "Do not be afraid. The tomb that is no
longer secure in this earthquake is your own," Shore says. "Your
life and your security are where they have always been, hid with
Christ, in God. And, brothers and sisters, Christ is risen!"
Lose looks at "Realities Old and New" in his March 30
sermon.
The program's host and executive producer, Peter Wallace,
conducts an interview with the guest preacher during each
program.
"Day 1" has been broadcast every week for 62 years, formerly
as "The Protestant Hour." It is produced by the Alliance for
Christian Media in association with the ELCA, Cooperative Baptist
Fellowship, the Episcopal Church, the United Methodist Church,
the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the United Church of Christ.
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"Day 1" broadcasts are available by streaming audio and
podcast at http://www.Day1.net on the Web.
For information contact:
John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or news@elca.org
http://www.elca.org/news
ELCA News Blog: http://www.elca.org/news/blog
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About the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:
The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with 2.8 million members in more than 8,500 worshiping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region. Known as the church of "God's work. Our hands.," the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unity among Christians and service in the world. The ELCA's roots are in the writings of the German church reformer Martin Luther.
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