McCoid leads first Bible study

The Rev. Donald McCoid, churchwide representative and executive for the ELCA's Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations Committee, lead the first Bible study of the morning, gave advice for bishops, saying it is a public post. 

"It would be nice to have a monastic way of life," he said, but the position requires one to "teach publicly house to house."

"Keep your eyes focused on your call," he said. 

And for voting members who soon will select a bishop, he said everyone has a right to their beliefs and they should express those. "But always speak the truth in love."

Let Christ the Good Shepherd be the model of love, he said.