Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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The theme for the last full day of the ELCA youth gathering was "Hope changes everything." In a world where it is so easy to become discouraged, this is a message that we all need to hear. I understand that we all have different personalities, beliefs, values and even ethics. A study of ethics can guide us to understand one another better. In fact, we all fall into different categories based on what kind of ethics we have. For example, I fall into the situational ethics. Even so, I find myself...
I'm deviating from what I thought I was going to write about this week. My plan was to follow the theme of the ELCA youth gathering I attended in Houston, Texas by writing about grace. However as I reflected on grace, I kept coming back to forgiveness. In essence, you have to lead by grace in order to forgive: to forgive you need grace. There is one thing I want to make very clear about forgiveness. Practicing forgiveness does not mean you should be a doormat. Bullying and domestic violence are not Biblical; Jesus does not condone violence and...
God's Call Changes Everything "God doesn't do stereotypes when it's about call." These are the words Rev. Tuhina Rasche boldly proclaimed at our opening night mass gathering of 30,000 youth and adult leaders for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in American (ELCA) in Houston, Texas. God's calling changes everything! Let me boldly proclaim to all of you, these kids will change everything! That gives me hope-- hope for a world that will one day be less concerned about economic success and more...
As I methodically type my thoughts out to share with you, I am a thousand, if not more, feet in the air with an endless sea of white cumulus clouds below. I hold my breath whenever the plane jolts, shakes, or dips a bit from turbulence. Almost 29 years ago to the day, I was on a bus headed to Dallas, Texas with the youth group from my church to attend the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) youth gathering. It was my first, and I thought last, large youth gathering that I would...
