Random quotes and reflections

"Karl Barth observes, because Mary represents humanity to which the miracl of God happens, the grace of God that encounters her constitutes the focus of doctrinal attention, not Mary herself." - Gaventa, Beverly Roberts * Rigby, Cynthia L. "Blessed One: Protestant Perspectives on Mary." 2002.

Bishop Mark Hansen at the recent 2005 ELCA Churchwide Assembly:

"...there's no other way to be Lutheran than to be evangelical."

"LSA touches 1 in 55 families in this country." (LSA - Lutheran Services in America.)