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...
Listening and understanding our neighbor
This is the second blog post in the Wisconsin installment of the “Advoating on the Road” series. “Thanksgiving of 2011 was a very difficult day for a lot of Wisconsin families,” the Rev. Lisa Bates-Froiland of Redeemer Lutheran Church...
Common ground in the frozen tundra
We open the Wisconsin installment of the “Advocating on the Road” blog series with this piece. By Amy Johnson, Director of the Lutheran Office for Public Policy in Wisconsin The people of the great state of Wisconsin make the most...
Issues facing the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly
By Dustin Wright, intern, Lutheran Office for World Community As the staff at the Lutheran Office for World Community prepares for the arrival of presidents, prime ministers and other heads of state from around the world to speak at the...
Food and Community: a spiritual reflection
We close the September edition of the “Advocating on the Road” series with this spiritual reflection. By the Rev. Carol Jensen, co-chair of Faith Action Network of Washington State (successor to the Lutheran Public Policy Office) Most Sunday afternoons during...
Policy connecting growers and consumers
We continue the September edition of the “Advocating on the Road” series with this piece, examining how federal policy affects our food, our neighbors, and our communities. By Mary Minette, director for environmental education and advocacy, ELCA Washington Office This...