From Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp…
The following is from guest writers Anna Rohde and Bethany Atkins. They write about how ELCA World Hunger grant money is being used to involve kids at the Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp in issues of world hunger. In a letter...
Ethics of Eating – as discussed in the Pacific Northwest
Recently, I attended the first regional “Ethics of Eating” Leadership Training in Region 1. The event took place at Campbell Farm, a 40 acre working farm also used as a retreat center. We flew into Seattle the night before and...
We’re Back!
The Hunger Rumblings Blog is back online (yay!). Lots to reflect on, new posts coming soon! Stay tuned!
We’ll Talk Soon!
The ELCA is in the process of transitioning to a new Blog host. We will be unable to post new thoughts on Hunger Rumblings until that transition is complete (hopefully not more than a week or so). We look forward...
Malawi is sweet
My roommate, Kristen, and I were recently talking about her move to Malawi this summer to be an intern for 2 months for an organization that serves the children who are the future of this small country in the southeastern...
Where is “End Hunger” on Your To-Do List?
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations projects that world hunger will reach a historic high in 2009 with over one billion people going hungry every day. According to FAO, “the most recent increase in hunger is not...
How We Eat Matters
If you’ve spent any time on this blog, you already know that I (and and many of my colleagues) have some thoughts on how food is produced and distributed here in the U.S. For a sampling of some of our...
Malaria: Fever Wars
I recently watched a 2006 PBS home video titled Malaria: Fever Wars. The information that it posed in the first few minutes was overwhelming: three million people die a year from malaria; a child dies every 30 seconds from malaria;...
Spirituality of Stuff
Have you ever seen the book Material World: A Global Family Portrait? To produce it, photographers and statistically “average” families from various countries collaborated on a portrait of each family outside of its home, surrounded by its possessions. Material World...
Skip a Latte. Make some change.
Good afternoon ELCA World Hunger Supporters, Are you on Facebook? Have you joined our Cause? If not click here: http://apps.facebook.com/causes/29958 We have a new goal! Let’s raise $5,000 on Facebook in 2009 as a part of the Change the World:...