On Saturday, December 12, 2015 leaders from 195 nations concluded the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris by approving a global agreement to address climate change. This agreement includes a commitment to keep global warming well below 2 degrees. The ELCA welcomes the Paris Accord, and we renew our own commitment to care for all of God’s good creation.Read More →

A Sermon by Gil Waldkoenig, Professor at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. Church of the Abiding Presence, April 10, 2013 The Second Sunday in Easter in Year C John 20: 19-31 Rev 1: 4-8 Acts 5:27-32 Lord, we believe. Help our unbelief. Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about unbelief.  The kind of unbelief thatRead More →