By Bishop Donald Maier Northwest Washington Synod, ELCA I bring you reflections, not a scholarly paper. Reflections are highly subjective, usually arising from experience.
Reflections are highly anecdotal and come with a strong dose of opinion.
So it is with these reflections. As the ELCA considers the shape of its worship into the future, my concern and desire is that commitment to historic catholic liturgy will remain strong. It is also my deep desire that the Holy Spirit will ignite us as a missionary church, and that we will learn better and better to use liturgy as an effective tool for delivering the faith to new believers. My thesis is born out of my own life. I am a child of the church, baptized on the 21st day of my life, on the Festival of Pentecost.