Advent Reflection: Come Emmanuel
Nicholas Jaech, Lutheran Office for World Community “O come, O come, Emmanuel / And ransom captive Israel / That mourns in lonely exile here / Until the Son of God appear / Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel / Shall come to thee,...
We are not a voice for the voiceless
Ali Brauner, Building Bridges and Cathedral in the Night Coordinator, Massachusetts This past September, I had the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. to take part in the 2015 ELCA Advocacy Convening. After a day of training, I was able to visit...
Advent Reflection: A Christmas wish for mothers and children
Patricia Kisare, Director for International Policy Advocacy As I reflect on the birth of Jesus during this Advent season, one area of the nativity story I have increasingly become curious about is the health needs of Mary and baby Jesus....
ELCA Advocacy at the Paris Climate Summit
Mary Minette Mary Minette, Interim Director of Advocacy, traveled to Paris as world leaders met to discuss a global agreement to address climate change. She served as part of a delegation representing ACT Alliance, of which the ELCA is a member. Follow...
“Let’s open our doors” – Impressions from a country which has changed
Daniel Lenski, Lutheran Office for World Community After working for one year at the Lutheran Office for World Community (LOWC) in New York, I was excited to return to Germany and learn how the current refugee situation had changed my...
December Advocacy Update
ELCA Advocacy Lutherans are taking action across the country! Below you will find our monthly State Advocacy Newsletter. Share with your friends! ____________________ Washington, D.C. – Mary Minette, Interim Director of Advocacy www.elca.org/advocacy COP21 PARIS: In the beginning of this month,...
Why the McConnell Rider Matters
Andrew Fuller, Advocacy Coordinator In the midst of the sea that is the $1.15 trillion omnibus spending package facing Congress, there is a campaign-finance rider that would do away with the campaign monetary limits currently set for political party expenditures....
Advent Reflection: Hopeful for families and grateful for my own
Alaide Vilchis Ibarra, Assistant Director, ELCA Migration Policy and Advocacy ”The two chief things are faith and love. Faith receives the good; love gives the good. Faith offers us God as our own; love gives us to our neighbor as...
Love Thy Neighbor: Our Moral Imperative to Support Those Living with HIV/AIDS
By: Nicholas Jaech, Lutheran Office for World Community “Faith-based organizations are essential partners, particularly in the areas of health service delivery and addressing stigma and discrimination. The partnership with faith-based organizations is critical to ending the AIDS epidemic and making...
Praying and working for an end to injustice in Minneapolis
ELCA Advocacy Today, we highlight reflections from Lutheran leaders in Minneapolis, where five people were shot near a demonstration outside the city’s 4th Precinct station on Monday, and additional shots were fired Wednesday morning. Marches, prayer vigils and rallies began...