International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
©UNESCO The UN General Assembly resolution 2142 (XXI)(link is external), adopted on 26 October 1966, proclaimed 21 March as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to be commemorated annually. Statement for the International Day for the Elimination of...
Pathways of Peace
By: Kristen Opalinski “We are at a 1945 moment” — Those words from António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, came in a speech on January 10, 2021, marking the 75th anniversary of the first meeting of the U.N. General...
Neighbors Together in a Divided Nation: An Inter-Religious Conversation
The Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU) will partner with Augsburg University’s Interfaith Institute to hold a webinar on January 26, titled Neighbors Together in a Divided Nation: An Inter-Religious Conversation. Students, faculty, administrators and staff at our...
Ponder the Hope Christ Brings
“All who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them. But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart.” —Luke 2:18-19 Look in AWE to our Savior, born that holy night...
Inoculating Against Despair
By Kathryn Mary Lohre The third week of Advent began for me not with the lighting of the pink candle in the Advent wreath, or the nativity children’s program at church, but in my favorite armchair at home watching history...
Advent Pilgrimage in Palestine
During the Advent season we often talk a lot about the Holy Land of the past without talking much about the Holy Land of the present. What is going on in Bethlehem today? How are we called to accompany...