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“The #ELCA groups protected are the New England Synod, Greater Milwaukee Synod, Southwest California Synod, Southwest Texas Synod, and Sierra Pacific Synod.”
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Judge Freezes ICE Raids at Some Baptist, Lutheran, & MCC Churches
For the second time in a year, a federal judge has issued an injunction to block the Department of Homeland Security from conducting warrantless immigration enforcement actions at some houses of worsh...
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February 14, 2026 at 8:17 PM
“The #ELCA groups protected are the New England Synod, Greater Milwaukee Synod, Southwest California Synod, Southwest Texas Synod, and Sierra Pacific Synod.”
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“United in faith & rooted in love, the nine undersigned Christian denominations & orgs grieve the ongoing assaults on the dignity, rights & well-being of our immigrant members & neighbors through aggressive immigration enforcement & urge…”
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February 13, 2026 at 1:54 AM
“United in faith & rooted in love, the nine undersigned Christian denominations & orgs grieve the ongoing assaults on the dignity, rights & well-being of our immigrant members & neighbors through aggressive immigration enforcement & urge…”
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Why do the nations conspire
and the peoples plot in vain?
—Psalm 2
and the peoples plot in vain?
—Psalm 2
February 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Why do the nations conspire
and the peoples plot in vain?
—Psalm 2
and the peoples plot in vain?
—Psalm 2
Then they also will answer, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not take care of you?’ Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’
—Matthew 25
—Matthew 25
February 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Then they also will answer, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not take care of you?’ Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’
—Matthew 25
—Matthew 25
“At least one other faith leader — the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a #UnitedMethodist minister — is also still facing state-level charges after she was arrested in a similar protest at the same location just weeks before the faith-led demonstration.” #UMC #ICE #DHS
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Charges dropped against some clergy arrested for protesting DHS in Chicago
(RNS — The state attorney’s office of Cook County, Illinois, announced it was dropping charges against 19 of the 21 people who were arrested at a demonstration in Broadview, Illinois, in November.
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February 10, 2026 at 11:51 PM
“At least one other faith leader — the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a #UnitedMethodist minister — is also still facing state-level charges after she was arrested in a similar protest at the same location just weeks before the faith-led demonstration.” #UMC #ICE #DHS
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Thus says the Lord:
I hate, I despise your festivals,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
Take away from me the noise of your songs.
I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
But let justice roll down like water
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
—Amos 5
I hate, I despise your festivals,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
Take away from me the noise of your songs.
I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
But let justice roll down like water
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
—Amos 5
February 9, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Thus says the Lord:
I hate, I despise your festivals,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
Take away from me the noise of your songs.
I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
But let justice roll down like water
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
—Amos 5
I hate, I despise your festivals,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
Take away from me the noise of your songs.
I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
But let justice roll down like water
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
—Amos 5
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February 9, 2026 at 7:43 PM
You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored?
—Matthew 5
—Matthew 5
February 8, 2026 at 11:51 AM
You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored?
—Matthew 5
—Matthew 5
Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt.
You shall raise up the foundations of many generations.
You shall be called the repairer of the breach,
the restorer of streets to live in.
—Isaiah 58
You shall raise up the foundations of many generations.
You shall be called the repairer of the breach,
the restorer of streets to live in.
—Isaiah 58
February 7, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt.
You shall raise up the foundations of many generations.
You shall be called the repairer of the breach,
the restorer of streets to live in.
—Isaiah 58
You shall raise up the foundations of many generations.
You shall be called the repairer of the breach,
the restorer of streets to live in.
—Isaiah 58
Don’t miss this.
Advice from a Week on Earth
a poem for February 6, 2026
a poem for February 6, 2026
February 6, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Don’t miss this.
The LORD will guide you continually,
and satisfy your needs in parched places,
and make your bones strong;
and you shall be like a watered garden,
like a spring of water,
whose waters never fail.
—Isaiah 58
and satisfy your needs in parched places,
and make your bones strong;
and you shall be like a watered garden,
like a spring of water,
whose waters never fail.
—Isaiah 58
February 6, 2026 at 5:30 AM
The LORD will guide you continually,
and satisfy your needs in parched places,
and make your bones strong;
and you shall be like a watered garden,
like a spring of water,
whose waters never fail.
—Isaiah 58
and satisfy your needs in parched places,
and make your bones strong;
and you shall be like a watered garden,
like a spring of water,
whose waters never fail.
—Isaiah 58
If you remove the yoke from among you,
the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil,
if you offer your food to the hungry
and satisfy the needs of the afflicted,
then your light shall rise in the darkness
and your gloom be like the noonday.
—Isaiah 58
the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil,
if you offer your food to the hungry
and satisfy the needs of the afflicted,
then your light shall rise in the darkness
and your gloom be like the noonday.
—Isaiah 58
February 5, 2026 at 7:23 PM
If you remove the yoke from among you,
the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil,
if you offer your food to the hungry
and satisfy the needs of the afflicted,
then your light shall rise in the darkness
and your gloom be like the noonday.
—Isaiah 58
the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil,
if you offer your food to the hungry
and satisfy the needs of the afflicted,
then your light shall rise in the darkness
and your gloom be like the noonday.
—Isaiah 58
“…the congress brought together young people from across Africa and the diaspora to confront issues that transcend borders, peace, ethical leadership, humanitarian responsibility, respect and advocacy.”
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Perspective: “Africa: My home, my future” | Living Lutheran
Cetera J. Jacobs reflects on being one of 11 ELCA delegates to the second All Africa Youth Congress held in Nairobi, Kenya.
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February 5, 2026 at 2:45 PM
“…the congress brought together young people from across Africa and the diaspora to confront issues that transcend borders, peace, ethical leadership, humanitarian responsibility, respect and advocacy.”
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Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,
and your healing shall spring up quickly.
Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer.
You shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am.
—Isaiah 58
and your healing shall spring up quickly.
Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer.
You shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am.
—Isaiah 58
February 5, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,
and your healing shall spring up quickly.
Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer.
You shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am.
—Isaiah 58
and your healing shall spring up quickly.
Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer.
You shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am.
—Isaiah 58
Is not this the fast that I choose:
to loose the bonds of injustice,
to undo the thongs of the yoke,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to break every yoke?
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,
and bring the homeless poor into your house?
—Isaiah 58
to loose the bonds of injustice,
to undo the thongs of the yoke,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to break every yoke?
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,
and bring the homeless poor into your house?
—Isaiah 58
February 5, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Is not this the fast that I choose:
to loose the bonds of injustice,
to undo the thongs of the yoke,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to break every yoke?
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,
and bring the homeless poor into your house?
—Isaiah 58
to loose the bonds of injustice,
to undo the thongs of the yoke,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to break every yoke?
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,
and bring the homeless poor into your house?
—Isaiah 58
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
—Elie Wiesel
—Elie Wiesel
February 3, 2026 at 6:54 PM
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
—Elie Wiesel
—Elie Wiesel
The books or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust to them; it was not in them, it only came through them, and what came through them was longing.
—C.S. Lewis
—C.S. Lewis
February 3, 2026 at 5:05 AM
The books or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust to them; it was not in them, it only came through them, and what came through them was longing.
—C.S. Lewis
—C.S. Lewis
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
—Matthew 5
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
—Matthew 5
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
—Matthew 5
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
—Matthew 5
Jesus said, “Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
—John 13
—John 13
January 31, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Jesus said, “Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
—John 13
—John 13
Speak out for those who cannot speak,
for the rights of all the destitute.
Speak out.
Judge righteously.
Defend the rights of the poor and needy.
—Proverbs 31
for the rights of all the destitute.
Speak out.
Judge righteously.
Defend the rights of the poor and needy.
—Proverbs 31
January 30, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Speak out for those who cannot speak,
for the rights of all the destitute.
Speak out.
Judge righteously.
Defend the rights of the poor and needy.
—Proverbs 31
for the rights of all the destitute.
Speak out.
Judge righteously.
Defend the rights of the poor and needy.
—Proverbs 31
Those who speak the truth from their heart,
who do not slander with their tongue
& do no evil to their friends
nor heap shame upon their neighbors,
who stand by their oath even to their hurt, & do not take a bribe against the innocent.
Those who do these things shall never be moved.
—Psalm 15
who do not slander with their tongue
& do no evil to their friends
nor heap shame upon their neighbors,
who stand by their oath even to their hurt, & do not take a bribe against the innocent.
Those who do these things shall never be moved.
—Psalm 15
January 29, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Those who speak the truth from their heart,
who do not slander with their tongue
& do no evil to their friends
nor heap shame upon their neighbors,
who stand by their oath even to their hurt, & do not take a bribe against the innocent.
Those who do these things shall never be moved.
—Psalm 15
who do not slander with their tongue
& do no evil to their friends
nor heap shame upon their neighbors,
who stand by their oath even to their hurt, & do not take a bribe against the innocent.
Those who do these things shall never be moved.
—Psalm 15
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For everyone who guessed this about how things are going down in MN, it’s actually true. From a Lutheran pastor’s FB post: “Armies of Lutheran grandmothers are coordinating complex systems of financial support, clothing drives, and meal preparation.”
January 28, 2026 at 1:16 PM
For everyone who guessed this about how things are going down in MN, it’s actually true. From a Lutheran pastor’s FB post: “Armies of Lutheran grandmothers are coordinating complex systems of financial support, clothing drives, and meal preparation.”
“…in our lament we still hold fast to the promises of Christ and the assurance that we are not alone.” #ELCA #Lutheran #ICE #ICEOut #Minnesota
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We will not grow weary | Lutheran bishops condemn aggressive immigration activity | Jan. 27, 2026
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January 28, 2026 at 3:12 AM
“…in our lament we still hold fast to the promises of Christ and the assurance that we are not alone.” #ELCA #Lutheran #ICE #ICEOut #Minnesota
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It’s not over yet.
Ways to help the folks in #Minneapolis and #SaintPaul #Minnesota:
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Ways to help the folks in #Minneapolis and #SaintPaul #Minnesota:
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January 27, 2026 at 3:27 PM
It’s not over yet.
Ways to help the folks in #Minneapolis and #SaintPaul #Minnesota:
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Ways to help the folks in #Minneapolis and #SaintPaul #Minnesota:
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Great is our Lord and abundant in power.
His understanding is beyond measure.
The Lord lifts up the downtrodden.
He casts the wicked to the ground.
—Psalm 147
His understanding is beyond measure.
The Lord lifts up the downtrodden.
He casts the wicked to the ground.
—Psalm 147
January 26, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Great is our Lord and abundant in power.
His understanding is beyond measure.
The Lord lifts up the downtrodden.
He casts the wicked to the ground.
—Psalm 147
His understanding is beyond measure.
The Lord lifts up the downtrodden.
He casts the wicked to the ground.
—Psalm 147