Exploring: Relief
Ryan P. Cumming Exploring: Relief In this series of posts, we will take a closer look at some of the areas of work ELCA World Hunger supports domestically and internationally. This week, our focus is on “relief.” What Is Relief?...
Fight Hunger, Work for Peace
Ryan P. Cumminig A new United Nations-supported report offers tragic insight into the effects of the conflict in Syria. Since the conflict broke out four years ago, rates of poverty and hunger have skyrocketed, life expectancy has fallen by nearly...
Faith, Hunger & Justice: The ELCA Young Adult Cohort at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
Gina Tonn March 24, 2015 Looking at a picture of the ELCA Young Adult Cohort, one might think we look like quite the random conglomeration of people – 3 men, 12 women; 13 young adults, 2 not-quite-as-young adults; 5 ELCA...
World Water Day – March 22, 2015
Gina Tonn How many times a day do I turn on the faucet in the kitchen or bathroom to fill a glass, wash my hands, brush my teeth, or fill a pot with water to cook pasta? How many times...
Changing Schools, Changing Lives: God at Work in Bolivia
Ryan P. Cumming A lot of folks know how stressful it can be to switch schools. Imagine not just going to a different school in a new neighborhood but in a whole new region! For children displaced from rural areas...
Announcing a New Partnership and Grant Opportunity: ELCA World Hunger and the Campus Kitchens Project!
Ryan P. Cumming Anyone familiar with a college or university knows that there is a LOT happening on campuses these days! More and more students are becoming involved in service and activism, on campus and off. The leadership, creativity and...
The Church I See
When was the last time you were proud to be Christian? When was the last time you felt good about calling yourself a Lutheran? Articles, blogs, surveys, statements, and so on keep telling us that the Church is in crisis,...
Food Insecurity is Real – Even in Iowa
This week, we are happy to welcome Alison Northrop as a guest writer. Her post below originally appeared in the January newsletter of Zion St. John Lutheran Church in Sheffield, Iowa, and on the Northeastern Iowa Synod’s blog, “God’s Work,...
All the fabrics were beautiful, but only one was covered in feet!
In November I was blessed to accompany ELCA Diakonia staff members to Cameroon to meet with representatives of the Lutheran church in Cameroon, Denmark, France, Germany, and the United States, all in partnership with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Central African...
ELCA Pastor Tackles Minimum Wage
It is no secret that many workers in the fast food industry are not paid enough to support themselves and their families. A recent report found that 52% of front-line fast-food workers receive some form of public assistance, nearly twice...