Toilet Paper Tubes
They are cardboard, small and round. We all have them, often in multiple rooms of our home, and all too often…they stack up in our garbage bins. What are they? Toilet paper tubes! As silly as it may seem my...
My social media networks are raising questions. You have any answers?
Engaging in social media can be dangerous. Between my Twitter account (you can follow me and my friends @hungerbites), our social networking site (join us on The Table), and various blogs, I find myself conflicted… perhaps a friend from the...
What are we fighting? Post 4.
This is the fourth post in a series considering the root causes of hunger. The Millennium Development Goals serve as a helpful framework. Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5: Reduce Child Mortality; Improve Maternal Health Hunger, maternal health, and child...
Discovering Our Prophetic Voice
The following was written by guest author Wesley Menke ———– I am a youth minister. I am also passionate about issues of world hunger. My greatest hope—vocationally—is to bring these two worlds together. I hope to be a part of...
Putting People First
"Let’s put people first instead of resorting to comfortable, overused phrases that define people by their condition."
Building Momentum
Shortly after I joined the ELCA World Hunger team, I learned a funny little saying: “Lutherans love a disaster.” Of course, the idea behind the maxim is that Lutherans respond generously to disasters. In the month since the devastating...
What are we fighting? Post 3.
This is the third post in a series considering the root causes of hunger. The Millennium Development Goals serve as a helpful framework, and this week, we’re looking at the rights of women. Millennium Development Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality...
The visitor to planet consumer looks at the last six months
Six months ago I got rid of most of my worldly goods, sold my house, put things in storage, left my ELCA job, and commenced a simple living-style midlife sabbatical. Since then I’ve been a guest, not a resident, in...
Aid and Development in Haiti
This week’s post will be a collection of thoughts I’ve been having about the still unfolding tragedy in Haiti. As you may guess, I have been watching the news and the Web with particular interest as the situation has developed....
The Act of Not Acting
On Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, a man lingered on a street corner, examining a trash bin for items worthy of rescue. He wore long sleeves and slacks—items that had seen their better days—even though the June air approached 75...