Dear People of God in The Episcopal Church: Among the Christmas Gospels, Luke is surely the crowd pleaser. Nearly our entire visual vocabulary of Christmas—the manger, the shepherds, the angels—comes from the second chapter of Luke. Thanks to Luke, we all know the answer to the trivia question, “Who was Quirinius?” But if you go to…

Holden Village is a retreat center for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), located off of Lake Chelan, Washington.  The village was built from the remains of a former copper mine work camp which was donated to the Lutheran Church in 1961.  Holden Village operates year-round spiritual retreats to people of all faiths to…

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