Reconciling Works

Considering the Matter of Same-Sex BlessingsA project approved by National Church Council, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, wherein scholars from across the ELCIC were invited to write short essays on various aspects of the theological, ecclesiological, and pastoral implications of authorizing a parish-based local option to perform same-sex blessings. All the essays and the accompanying […]

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All October, ReconcilingWorks will be celebrating Spirit Month which consists of 4 major holidays central to our movement.

    Dear Partners in Ministry, ReconcilingWorks has partnered with the “Faiths Calling” project calling on Lutherans to act on the recent Churchwide Assembly memorial regarding the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). We are mobilizing both ecumenically and inter-faithfully with other people of faith to call our Senators on September 17 and demand an end to […]

The ELCA Churchwide Assembly, met in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, passed a resolution calling for voting rights for all citizens to be guaranteed. The resolution was submitted by Kwame Pitts, Metropolitan Chicago Synod. Bishop Wayne Miller, Metropolitan Chicago Synod, spoke in favor of the resolution, saying that the Supreme Court decision to strike down portions of the […]

ReconcilingWorks celebrates the election of The Rev. Wm Chris Boerger to a six-year term as Secretary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) on August 16, 2013, at the Churchwide Assembly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Emily Eastwood, Executive Director, said “Pr. Chris Boerger has been an ally for full participation for many years.  His prophetic […]

The Rev. Tita Valeriano, ordained Lutheran minister, pastor, mission developer, openly-gay, partnered, mother, member of the Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries’s Proclaim, presided as celebrant at the Friday worship service during the ELCA Churchwide Assembly.  A graduate of the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Tita has served as a congregational pastor, as Secretary for Youth in Church and […]

ReconcilingWorks thanks all who worked so hard to bring this memorial resolution before their synod assembly for passage. The memorial, “Conversations about Ministering to Same-Gender Couples and Families,” submitted by Eastern North Dakota, South-Central Synod of Wisconsin, Saint Paul Area, Sierra Pacific, Northwest Washington, Metropolitan Chicago, Minneapolis Area, Metropolitan New York, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Indiana-Kentucky, Southwestern […]

ReconcilingWorks thanks all who worked so hard to bring this memorial resolution before their synod assembly for passage. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) memorial, submitted to the assembly by the Eastern North Dakota, Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana, Eastern Washington-Idaho, South-Central Synod of Wisconsin, Southwestern Texas, Saint Paul Area, Sierra Pacific, Northwest Washington, Greater Milwaukee, Southwest California, […]

ReconcilingWorks thanks all who worked so hard to bring this memorial resolution before their synod assembly for passage. The Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) memorial, submitted to the churchwide assembly by the Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana, Eastern Washington-Idaho, South-Central Synod of Wisconsin, Southwestern Texas, Saint Paul Area, Oregon, Florida-Bahamas, Sierra Pacific, Northwest Washington, Southwest California, Minneapolis […]