God’s Word Spoken Publicly, Boldly and Honestly
By the Rev. Amy Reumann, Director of ELCA Advocacy When the Attorney General and the White House Press Secretary invoked St. Paul’s instruction “be subject to the governing authorities” to quell criticism of the Administration policy of separating families seeking...
The Senate Farm Bill: What a difference bi-partisanship makes
By John Johnson,Program Director for Domestic Policy Not everything is broken in Washington DC. Last Friday, Senate leaders released their long-awaited version of the farm bill and there is good news for farmers, hungry people, people of faith and...
Poor Peoples Campaign: A New Unsettling Force
By The Rev. Dr. Clint Schnekloth of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas Prescott, Helena, Conway, Yellville, Ponca, Bull Shoals, Benton, Springdale, Beebe, Monticello, Little Rock, and Fayetteville. That’s just a few of the communities represented this weekend...
June 2018 ELCA Advocacy Update
ELCA Advocacy Office, Washington, D.C. The Rev. Amy Reumann, director ELCA.org/advocacy June 21, PRAY.FAST.ACT.: On Thursday, June 21, we join with The Episcopal Church in our monthly commitment to #PrayFastAct. This month our focus is on disaster preparedness....
Stand Up, Take Your Mat
By The Rev. Donna Simon, St. Mark Hope and Peace Lutheran Church Natalie is married and has three children. She works at Popeye’s, hoping for full time but subject to the scheduling whims of management. Natalie was in the...
Follow the Money: Moral Conversations on the National Budget
By The Rev. Dr. Stephen P. Bouman, Executive Director, ELCA Domestic Mission Unit “Did you know that currently 53 cents of every federal discretionary dollar goes to military spending and only 15 cents is spent on anti-poverty programs?…Instead of...
Explaining Policies separating children and families
By Alaide Vilchis Ibarra, Program Director for Migration Policy “Because we understand each person to be made in God’s image — without distinction based on race, ethnicity, gender, economic class or country of origin — and have heard God’s...
Paris Rulebook: We Have to Get It Right!
By Ruth Ivory Moore, ELCA Advocacy Program Director for Environment and Energy. “He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your...
The Paris Agreement and the Talanoa Dialogue
By Ruth Ivory Moore, Program Director for Environment and Energy “Nations should seek their own common good in the context of the global common good. International bodies should work for the welfare of all nations.” ELCA social statement:...
The Poor People’s Campaign: Standing against Systemic Racism, Poverty and Voter Suppression
By Pastor Betty Landis, member of Grace Lutheran Church, Evanston, IL “The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty.” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Where do we go...