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Maria, a nurturer

By Sarah Dreier, Legislative Representative of International Policy for the ELCA and The Episcopal Church Maria spoke very little English, and I speak no Korean. But the wisdom that shone in Maria’s eye instantly inspired my trust. So I climbed...

Moments of clarity

By Dustin Wright, intern, Lutheran Office for World Community Having interned here at the United Nations with the Lutheran Office for World Community for almost six months, my friends frequently ask what an average day is like. I usually respond...

A Commandment of Love

By Jesse McClain, student at California Lutheran University He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?...

Excellence at an impasse

By Sarah Dreier, Legislative Representative of International Policy for the ELCA and The Episcopal Church  The discipline of yoga has taught me to realize that I am whole in God, regardless of what goes on around me — that no experiences I encounter...

The world we want

By Dustin Wright, intern, Lutheran Office for World Community Nearly halfway into my yearlong internship with the Lutheran Office for World Community at the United Nations, I have certainly been blessed with a wide variety of powerful experiences. I’ve sat in...

A call to advocacy

By Elise Scott, student at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago  Last January, I was literally closing my suitcase to leave for my J-term trip to El Salvador when I decided to check my school email one last time. My timing...

Called to Citizenship

by Dustin Wright, intern, Lutheran Office for World Community at the United Nations In one of the most cherished verses of the Hebrew Bible, the prophet Micah exclaims “What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, and...

“Teach us, in our diversity, to embrace unity…”

We close the Wisconsin installment of the “Advocating on the Road” blog series with this prayer. By Sarah Miller, a seminarian at Luther Seminary currently engaged in field education at The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepard in Eau Claire,...

Shared faith, shared service: advocacy that unites

We continue the Wisconsin installment of the “Advocating on the Road” series with this piece. By the Rev. Andrew Genszler, ELCA Director of Advocacy Part of my role as director of Advocacy is to travel to synods, congregations and seminaries...

‘Metanoia’ in a polarized world

We continue the Wisconsin installment of the ‘Advocating on the Road’ series with this piece. Over the past 12 months of working together at The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Eau Claire, Wis., Lead Pastor Gerd Bents has spent...