A Week to Remember Interconnectivity of All Life
by Ruth Ivory-Moore, ELCA Program Director, Environment and Corporate Social Responsibility What do a Malayan Tiger, Santa Catalina Island Rattlesnake, Ridgeway Hawk, Hawksbill Turtle and Eastern Black Rhino have in common? For one thing, each animal plays an important role...
May Update: Advocacy Connections
from the ELCA Advocacy office in Washington, D.C. – the Rev. Amy E. Reumann, director Partial content* expanded from Advocacy Connections: May 2020 NEXT COVID-19 RESPONSE BILL | DACA CONCERNS | NORTHERN TRAINGLE FUNDS | DEBT RELIEF FOR COUNTRIES |...
May Update: U.N. and State Edition
Following are updates shared from submissions of the Lutheran Office for World Community and state public policy offices. U.N. | Arizona | California | Colorado | Minnesota | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Texas | Washington | Wisconsin Lutheran Office for...
The Paradox of Civility
Reprint* of post by Peter Severson, Director, Lutheran Advocacy Ministry-Colorado It seems almost trite to point out the deep and intense division in our modern political landscape in the United States. The contrast between worldviews among the different factions in...
AND IT IS GOOD tour of photos
The “And It Is Good” photo exhibition is an invitation to contemplate the diversity of creatures that give glory to God in their being and who tend to our well-being. Que seamos inspiradas e inspirados a dar gracias por cada...
April Update: U.N. and State Edition
U.N. | California | Minnesota | New Mexico | Pennsylvania | Texas | Washington | Wisconsin Following are updates shared from submissions of the Lutheran Office for World Community and state public policy offices. Lutheran Office for World Community, United...
Lessons in Hospitality During National Arab American Heritage Month
By guest blogger Dr. Ryan LaHurd, retired Lutheran leader in higher education and member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Chicago, Ill. Joshua Jipp argues in Saved by Faith and Hospitality that the God of Scripture is a God of...
De-escalating hate toward a dynamic vision of unity
By Dennis Frado, Director, Lutheran Office for World Community There’s too much “othering” today of people we don’t know or haven’t met. And, in a related way, awful hate speech abounds.* It is as if we have forgotten that each...
Truer and more accurate picture of who we are with Census 2020
On this National Census Day, commit to complete your form – but also encourage the community as well! Undercounting is a significant issue among groups which benefoit most form anti-poverty programs and from greater representation in decision-making. “Hard to count”...
CARES Act inclusions and next steps in response to COVID-19
On March 27, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, H.R. 748 (CARES Act), a third economic aid package to help bring direct relief to families, reinforce struggling industries and the healthcare sector, and extend assistance to...