Roy Lloyd
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Roy T. Lloyd regularly provides commentaries on 1010 WINS AM in New York City.
Lloyd is an award-winning print, broadcast, and media specialist. A former minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, he has served in communications and media with the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, and was senior manager for media relations for the American Bible Society for several years in New York.
He is a graduate of Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia.
Latest Content by Roy T. Lloyd
Roy Lloyd
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ELCA)
As we look at the new spring fashions, gay has become the new "black," but the competing patterns are completely at odds.
A high standard of positive style was set by President Obama who voiced his approval of same- sex marriage. A low mark was an inferior design displayed in North Carolina where gay marriage or civil unions were banned. And Missouri teens are being offered a model called the "Don't Say Gay" law that forbids even talking about homosexuality in the public schools.
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Roy Lloyd
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ELCA)
"You can't go it alone in New York."
That remark, made years ago by Dr. Bryant Kirkland, then pastor of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, remains relevant today. In this enormous city many of us can feel lonely and anonymous.
Some like it that nobody recognizes you, but there's a price to pay for this seclusion. It can lead us to wonder whether anyone really cares about us or knows us.
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Other Recent Content by Roy T. Lloyd
March 18, 2012
Roy Lloyd
(ELCA)
There’s a lot of God talk already in this presidential election year and the culture war issues like same-sex marriage, abortion and provision of birth control seem to get top billing.
March 08, 2012
Roy Lloyd
(ELCA)
Who are the children of Abraham? They are Jews, Muslims and Christians—all who claim father Abraham as their progenitor of faith. And that connection, which is so powerful, is severed again and again as any of the faith groups acts in opposition to the other groups.
March 04, 2012
Roy Lloyd
(ELCA)
What God is like and commands us to do—or whether God even exists—can only be settled by each one of us individually. But there’s no lack of those who will strenuously work to convert us to their point of view.
February 25, 2012
Roy Lloyd
(ELCA)
I’m disturbed by our current political campaigns where politicians use religion to demean others and appeal to voters. This outrage is being addressed by a remarkable interfaith coalition that has created a statement of principles for candidates to follow.
February 19, 2012
Roy Lloyd
(ELCA)
The forty days of Lent create a season to positively answer that question since it’s a time focused on spiritual growth and simplicity—a kind of spring cleaning.
February 14, 2012
Roy Lloyd
(ELCA)
What would the world be like if each of us experienced something good each day? Even better—what would the world around us be like if each of us did one good thing each day?
February 10, 2012
Roy Lloyd
(ELCA)
A report in The New York Times, which primarily focused on what the top two Republican presidential candidates and the president gave to charity, also looked at giving by various sectors of the religious community.
February 03, 2012
Roy Lloyd
(ELCA)
There are many imponderables in life—truly great surprises such as the New York Football Giants actually making it to the Super Bowl! And the Bible is filled with stories of much more significant impossibilities coming true.
January 28, 2012
Roy Lloyd
(ELCA)
Roy Lloyd comments on what the U.S. Constitution and the book of Proverbs tell us about fairness.
January 13, 2012
Roy Lloyd
(ELCA)
Martin Luther King Jr. said that life’s most persistent question is: “What are you doing for others?” That’s an appropriate thought to consider on this Martin Luther King observance weekend
January 12, 2012
Roy Lloyd
(ELCA)
Why has our society become so coarse, crude, and mean-spirited? And what can we do about it?
December 31, 2011
Roy Lloyd
(ELCA)
In his commentary for new year's day, Roy Lloyd offers some good guidelines for the year based on the 12 Steps.
December 20, 2011
Roy Lloyd
(ELCA)
It's Christmas time, which means it's time for the latest silly controversies.
October 25, 2011
Roy Lloyd
(ELCA)
People should attend worship services, not be participants in a reality TV show that turns a spiritual occasion into a commercial one.
October 22, 2011
Roy Lloyd
(ELCA)
Many of the Republican presidential candidates assume that the Bible inevitably points people to a conservative political philosophy, but—they are wrong.
October 20, 2011
Roy Lloyd
(ELCA)
Roy Lloyd, a Lutheran minister and radio commentator, wonders what Jesus would think about the Occupy Wall Street movement.
December 29, 2002
Roy Lloyd
(ELCA)
The Rev. Roy T. Lloyd is a Lutheran minister serving as senior manager for media relations for the American Bible Society.
December 01, 2002
Roy Lloyd
(ELCA)
The Rev. Roy T. Lloyd is a Lutheran minister serving as senior manager for media relations for the American Bible Society.
November 03, 2002
Roy Lloyd
(ELCA)
The Rev. Roy T. Lloyd is a Lutheran minister serving as senior manager for media relations for the American Bible Society. He lives in Ridgefield, Conn.
October 06, 2002
Roy Lloyd
(ELCA)
The Rev. Roy T. Lloyd is a Lutheran minister serving as senior manager for media relations for the American Bible Society. He lives in Ridgefield, Conn.