Bringing a message home
Maria Murerwa is a young adult delegate from the ELCA to the 57th Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations. Click here or the picture above to listen to Maria share insights from her experience at the...
Many Stories, One Voice
by Joanna Hertzog, ELCA seminarian and delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women I came to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women with my own stories of the way violence and abuse has...
One prayer
Linda Forsberg is an ELCA pastor and a delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women this week. The Commission on the Status of Women is an annual gathering that seeks to evaluate progress on gender equality....
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...