ELCA World Hunger

An interesting piece that was emailed to me: March 23, 2009Migrant or refugee — what’s in a name?By LISA FRIEDMAN, ClimateWire HARINAGAR, Bangladesh — Environmentalists call the two young men who sneaked into India from this coastal village “climate refugees.”...

I just learned that today is the 29th anniversary of Oscar Romero’s assassination. Here is an excerpt from one of his sermons that resonates with what I was trying to say earlier (though he is far more eloquent). “It helps,...

For those of you who have been reading my posts for awhile, you probably are well aware of my proclivity towards idealism. Working for ELCA World Hunger has tempered that tendency a bit but I still find myself drifting too...

So it’s been awhile since my last post. Last weekend I was in Washington D.C. participating in Ecumenical Advocacy Days. From their Web site, “Ecumenical Advocacy Days is a movement of the ecumenical Christian community, and its recognized partners and...

Have you heard of jatropha? I admit it: I hadn’t. But I read something recently about how jotropha was the hot new biofuel. So I did a little googling today and discovered I must be living under a rock because...

This recipe comes from page 35 of the Food for Life cookbook. It is a recipe from Northern Uganda, and it is often eaten in times of food shortages. If you try this recipe, take a moment to learn about...

As I noted in an earlier post, in this Lenten discipline I’ve been struck by how much power and privilege I have. Friday’s dinner (actually it was Monday’s) again underscored how this fast is a choice, and not necessarily the...

Women’s rights are always of concern to ELCA World Hunger. Education, land ownership, access to credit – all of these things provide the means to make a living, and all of these things are often denied to women. Unsurprisingly, women...

At David Creech’s suggestion, many of us ELCA World Hunger staff have gone vegetarian for Lent. (He explains why in previous posts, like yesterday’s.) Admittedly, I’m on the “vegetarian lite” plan – only abstaining from meat on Wednesdays and Fridays....

Sorry to post so late (though technically it is still Wednesday), sometimes days don’t go as planned. Anyhow, I am now one week into my Lenten fast from meat and the discipline has led to much thinking. If you recall,...