Year-End Reflection
End of Year Reflections By Pastor Michael Stadie With 2016 coming to an end, like many of you, I am thinking back about this past year especially in terms of the disasters that impacted the United States. As I do,...
Hurricane Matthew: A Day of Rest
In early October, many of us watched as Hurricane Matthew devastated the Caribbean and powered its way towards the U.S. Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas braced themselves as Matthew moved in their direction. After the hurricane dispelled and rivers receded,...
We Remember
The Lutheran Disaster Response – US Consultation was last week. Our coordinators came in from around the nation to the Lutheran Center, here in Chicago, to do some collective learning and information sharing. During this time, we also made space...
UPDATE: Hurricane Matthew
Hurricane Matthew ripped through the Caribbean and southeastern U.S. coast, leaving hundreds of casualties, thousands of homes destroyed and millions of people displaced and without power. Lutheran Disaster Response has committed to being present internationally and here in the U.S....
1 Year Later: South Carolina Flooding
On October 4, 2015, The Carolinas were struck with catastrophic rainfall that shattered records and left unprecedented scenes of flooding in its wake. The hardest-hit areas stretched from Columbia, in the middle of South Carolina, all the way to the coast....
Top 5 Tips to Prepare Your Faith Community for a Disaster
Today is the last day of National Preparedness Month. Just because the month is ending, doesn’t mean the work of being prepared for disaster ends. With this in mind, we want to take the time to highlight 5 tips that can be...