Meet the Women!
Hello Hunger Rumblers, I have been posting like mad on the blog and Twitter trying to keep you up to date on the proceedings here at the 56th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Although there are many...
Siyahamba!
We are marching, we are marching, Alleluia! We are marching in the light of God! This has been my prayer song today, in this place that I am with thousands of women…from every corner of every land. We are mothers,...
A tale of two videos
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhribaNXr7A&feature=youtu.be httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3UBwBH89iY&feature=youtu.be What feelings does the first video evoke? The second? Which gives us a better understanding of poverty and marginalization? David Creech
Are we listening?
Tomorrow morning, the Lutheran women gathered here at the United Nations 56th Commission on the Status of Women will lead the ecumenical community in worship. One of the texts is the story of the widow of Zarephath (1 Kings 17:...
ELCA World Hunger and LWF at the UN CSW
Does that title look like alphabet soup to you? It did to me, too the first time I experienced the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. I first attended with the National Council of Churches Young Women’s Leadership...
Gender Justice: What’s hunger got to do with it?
The work we are engaged in through ELCA World Hunger has many points of interest. Perhaps the network can be thought of as a house with many rooms where people can find affinity around topics that interface with...
Re-membering at the Table
I recently read Cynthia Moe-Lobeda’s Healing a Broken World: Globalization and God in which she discusses a new way to think about the Eucharist. Each week before we share the sacrament, the minister reminds us of the story of the...
A Time to Listen: The ELCA and HIV & AIDS
By Allison Beebe ELCA World Hunger recently held an event outside of Atlanta, Georgia on the topic of HIV & AIDS. Those in attendance were a blend of professionals in the field, people with personal testimonials related to HIV &...
Solving the last-mile challenge
After 10 car-free years, I am a car owner once again. Shedding my car meant mastering new ways of moving around the world. The alternatives come naturally now, which is why so many of my posts try to encourage—hector, even—readers...
Being the Gift
On December 6, St. Nicholas put presents in the shoes of Dutch children. On December 13, candlelit girls in Sweden brought their parents breakfast in bed. Eight days of Hanukkah gift-giving started at sundown on Tuesday the 20th. And we’re...