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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 5h
“Integration and political power are not the same force, and right now they move in opposite directions. The question is not whether to integrate. The question is who gets to lead when you do, and whose vote still counts when you get there.” www.brookings.edu/articles/how...
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How multiracial churches are depoliticizing Black Americans | Brookings
Ryon J. Cobb reveals how church leadership and racial makeup shape Black Americans' political engagement and power.
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 6h
Today is #WorldFoodDay. On World Food Day, people around the world raise awareness & take action toward food security for all. Gifts to #ELCA World #Hunger are matched today! #Lutheran give.elca.org/page/69754/d...
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Support ELCA World Hunger!
ELCA World Hunger is our church’s ministry to end hunger and poverty. Please give now and you can be part of the response as we work creatively and courageously toward a just world where all are fed.
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 7h
All of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. —1 Peter 5
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar and all that fills it. Let the field exult and everything in it. Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy before the Lord, for he is coming. —Psalm 96
Red, green, orange and yellow fall leaves glow on black branches.
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
O sing to the Lord a new song! Sing to the Lord, all the earth. ‍Sing to the Lord! Bless his name.   ‍For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised. He is to be revered above all gods. ‍For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the Lord made the heavens. —Psalm 96
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted  and saves the crushed in spirit. —Psalm 34
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Which of you desires life  and covets many days to enjoy good? ‍Keep your tongue from evil  and your lips from speaking deceit. ‍Depart from evil, and do good.  Seek peace, and pursue it. —Psalm 34
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
O taste and see that the Lord is good;  happy are those who take refuge in him. ‍ ‍The young lions suffer want and hunger,  but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. —Psalm 34
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I will bless the Lord at all times.  His praise shall continually be in my mouth. ‍ ‍O magnify the Lord with me,  and let us exalt his name together. —Psalm 34
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
How to promote unity and peace at a time when people, churches and communities are increasingly polarized and unwilling to listen to an alternative point of view? lutheranworld.org/news/europea... #Lutheran #LWF #LutheranWorld
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European churches begin journey toward 500th anniversary of Augsburg Confession
LWF European Regions’ Meeting concludes in Germany’s city of peace (LWI) - How to promote unity and peace at a time when people, churches and communities are increasingly polarized and unwilling to li...
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” —John 6
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
#ELCA World #Hunger invites you to spend #Advent w your neighbors. Strengthen neighborhoods & expand understanding of who neighbors can be. ELCA World Hunger’s Advent theme is “Filled With Good Things.” Materials & info in link. www.elca.org/how-we-serve...
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WH Advent
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This short documentary explores stories from three #ELCA companion ministries — in Cambodia, Mexico and Milwaukee, Wis. — as they respond to the overlapping root causes of hunger in the United States and around the world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNc0...
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Intersections: Justice Ministry with ELCA Partners | ELCA World Hunger
YouTube video by Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
#ELCA congregations w feeding ministries are invited to apply for a $500 Daily Bread Grant! ELCA World #Hunger’s Daily Bread Grants support congregations working toward a just world where all are fed. Applications will be accepted until Oct. 21 at midnight. blogs.elca.org/worldhunger/...
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. —Philippians 4
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. —Philippians 4
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. —Philippians 4
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In Scripture, those who turn executions into public spectacles are not the heroes of the story. Think Nebuchadnezzar. Herod. Saul before his conversion. We follow the publicly executed Jesus, not the powers that executed him. —Rich Villodas
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs than to confront a fool immersed in folly. —Proverbs 17
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Communion with this God is at once also communion with those others who have entrusted themselves in faith to the same God. Hence one and the same act of faith places a person into a new relationship both with God and with all others who stand in communion with God. —Miroslav Volf
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. He leads me in right paths  for his name’s sake. ‍Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me  all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord  my whole life long. —Psalm 23
A path winds through a forest of trees with green and yellow leaves.
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In the resurrection story of Jesus we witness divine joy confounding oppressive power, reminding us that God always gets the last laugh over those who mistake themselves as being stronger than the joy that springs from God’s own goodness. —Kelly Brown Douglas
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A chart from Ryan Burge.
A bar chart listing the various religious bodies in the US by number of congregations in each.
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Do not be deceived. God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all. —Galatians 6
A bumblebee gathers pollen from a purple flower.
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There is enough for every one. 每個人都有夠。 Det er nok til alle. Hay suficiente para todos. প্রত্যেকের জন্য যথেষ্ট আছে। Það er nóg handa hverjum og einum.
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Diversity,” “equity,” “inclusion” and “accessibility” are reflections of justice when it is fulfilled. Like many saints before us have said, justice is the form love takes in society. —Bishop Yehiel Curry #ELCA #Lutheran #DEI #DEIA www.elca.org/news/all-tog...
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All Together in One Place: Celebrating Our Diversity
All Together in One Place: Celebrating Our Diversity provides information and news from the ELCA.
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Before you there is beauty, behind you there is beauty. Walk a long life in happiness, completed in beauty. God our Creator, Christ, God’s beloved, Spirit in all things be w you this day & always. Alleluia. Amen. (Indigenous People’s Liturgical Celebration, created by Dr. Kelly Sherman-Conroy.)
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today. —Francis Of Assisi
A statue of Saint Francis by a bamboo fence. He is holding a bird in his hands and has another on his shoulder.
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Preach the Gospel every day. When necessary, use words. —Francis of Assisi #saintfrancis #stfrancis #stainedglass (Stained glass sun and moon windows at Faith #Lutheran Church, Fairlawn, Ohio.)
Stained glass window with an image of the blazing sun in red and yellow.Stained glass window with an image of a crescent moon in orange and gold.
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Do all things without murmuring and arguing, so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world. -Philippians 2
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. —Matthew 6
A sparrow sits on a fencepost eating seeds from a vine.
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?’ —Martin Luther King Jr.
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“We looked at the name,” he said, “and we said, ‘Yes, we are #evangelical, but evangelical has a lot of baggage.’ We know many people who will not use the term.” religionnews.com/2026/09/30/e...
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Evangelical Press Association to vote on dropping the 'e-word'
(RNS) — The group of journalists wants to change its name to the Christian Communicators Network, saying the word 'evangelical' has too many political overtones and a bad public image.
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
To have faith is to remember and wait, and to wait in hope is to have what we hope for already begin to come true in us through our hoping. Praise him. —Frederick Buechner
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ACTION ALERT Wear orange on September 30 and share to social media using hashtags: #TruthAndHealing #OrangeShirtDay #ELCA #Lutheran act.elca.org/page/94320/a...
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ACTION ALERT: Support the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding Schools Act
With the reintroduction of the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding Schools Act in both the House and Senate, now is the time to remind Congress of its responsibility to survivors of the In...
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. —Colossians 3
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Lord is my strength and my shield;  in him my heart trusts; so I am helped, and my heart exults,  and with my song I give thanks to him. —Psalm 28
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The “kingdom of heaven” is not about people going to heaven. It is about the rule of heaven coming to earth. —N.T. Wright
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.” —Matthew 21
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The righteousness of the righteous shall be their own, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be their own. —Ezekiel 18
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Don’t believe people who tell you ai can be liberatory or any other misappropriation of movement talk or justice frameworks. Find some people who are preparing to rebuild and cast your lot with them. Then read a bit more. Just keep your wits about you because they are trying to run game.
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress the foreigner. The immigrant who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you. You shall love the immigrant as yourself, for you were refugees in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. —Leviticus 19
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#ELCA Indian Boarding Schools Learning Toolkit for congregations: cdn.elca.org/cdn/wp-conte...
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ACTION ALERT Native American leaders have called on denominations to do the work of finding all records of their involvement. #ELCA Truth-Seeking & Truth-Telling Initiative efforts began in earnest in 2022. We have a timely opportunity to urge the US to do the same. act.elca.org/page/94320/a...
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ACTION ALERT: Support the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding Schools Act
With the reintroduction of the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding Schools Act in both the House and Senate, now is the time to remind Congress of its responsibility to survivors of the In...
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. —Psalm 119
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“ #Jesus is not front and center with these guys,” he said. roysreport.com/the-rise-of-...
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The rise of the Jim Crow theobros | The Roys Report
A small but growing group of pastors and online influencers is preaching white supremacy and antisemitism as Christian doctrine.
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A tyrant oppresses the bodies of his subjects, but what is more damnable, he threatens their spiritual growth, for he is set on his own power, not their progress. He is suspicious of any dignity they may possess that will prejudice his own iniquitous domination. —Thomas Aquinas
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There is enough for every one. هناك ما يكفي للجميع. Kaikille riittää. Il y en a assez pour tout le monde. Ina heddi e kala gooto. Es ist genug für alle da.
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. ‍O my God, in you I trust.   ‍Make me to know your ways, O Lord. Teach me your paths. ‍He leads the humble in what is right and teaches the humble his way. —Psalm 25
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Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
He called a child and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. “Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. “Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.” —Matthew 18
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