Food for Thought
It is finally close to the frost-free date here in Chicago – the date that gardeners have been waiting for to get their hands dirty! But what does that have to do with world hunger? “World hunger” sometimes seems too...
Shhh… Don’t talk about that!
Each week I (or one of my colleagues) prepare sermon starters based on the lectionary that have hunger related themes (check them out and/or sign up to receive them here). For those of you who use the Revised Common...
Conflicting values? Or just selfishness?
I”m struggling today with my willingness to contribute to the causes world hunger. I read Peter Sawtell’s “Eco-Justice Notes” from Friday, April 24. In it, he talks about the eruption of Ejyafjallajokull and the ash that disrupted flights around the world....
10 things you may or may not know about hunger and thirst
1. How FAO defines malnutrition: A broad term for a range of conditions that hinder good health, caused by inadequate or unbalanced food intake or from poor absorption of food consumed. It refers to both undernutrition (food deprivation) and overnutrition...
Lutherans Combat Malaria
According to the World Health Organization, in 2008 there were 247 million cases of malaria and nearly one million deaths—mostly among African children. In Africa, a child dies every 45 seconds of malaria, and the disease accounts for 20 percent...
Sustainability Part 2: Paper
The causes of world hunger are complex and inter-related. The single biggest cause of hunger is poverty. People keep themselves out of poverty by earning money. How do you earn money? You get a job. BUT…What if the job you...
Ears…our most appropriate technology
Cellphones are everywhere in Guatemala. You might see one peeking from the skirt of a girl in beautiful, traditional traje, on the dashboard of a bus, or in the shirt pocket of the man collecting quetzales from passengers squeezing out...
What are We Fighting? Post 7.
This is the seventh and final post in a series considering the root causes of hunger. The Millennium Development Goals serve as a helpful framework. Millennium Development Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development Because everyone lives on a...
Whose side are you on?
A while back I expressed concern about the way in which some of the biblical identity texts could be divisive. I made particular reference to Paul’s letter to the Galatians that on the one hand so beautifully declares that “There...
Sustainability Part 1: Design
I was at a coffee shop with my brother, Krister, a few weeks ago sitting next to the window and drinking out of some more-or-less sustainable “for here” cups when we got talking about energy usage and good lighting. A...