Humanitarian Response Training in Indonesia
Asia is one of the most disaster-hit regions in the world, with floods, cyclones, earthquakes, landslides, and volcanic eruptions. Unplanned urbanization, a steep increase in population, depleting forest green cover, and environmental degradation trigger the most severity and complexity. The...
Faith through the Storm: Rebuilding Together in Christ’s Strength
By Pastor Rob Rose, Assistant to the Bishop, Florida-Bahamas Synod Republished from the Florida-Bahamas Synod E-Spirit Weekly Newsletter The past week took me on a journey across our synod, from the west coast to the east, meeting with...
Situation Report #2: Maui Wildfires
Situation: On Aug. 8, 2023, multiple wildfires broke out on Maui. Exacerbated by strong winds, they destroyed homes, businesses, and lines of communication. The town of Lahaina was the most impacted, although there was also damage from smaller fires near...
Lutheran Disaster Response at COP28
What is COP? COP stands for the Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It is “the supreme decision-making body of the UNFCCC.” What is the UNFCCC? The UNFCCC is an international environmental treaty...
Spiritual Rest
By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day [God] rested from all his work. Here in Genesis 2:1, we learn about the continuing of creation, flora and fauna,...
Human Rights and Climate Change
On December 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), written to address the atrocities committed during World War II. Since then, the United Nations and other bodies have adopted additional documents on human rights....