Something in the Air (or Water)
I was planning on posting on water today. While I was perusing the web, I came across this excellent slideshow (with audio) and an accompanying brief article. Both deserve some time. Several points are noteworthy and I will mention two....
Living with natural disasters
While thinking about my third month anniversary of entering the ELCA universe of World Hunger & Disaster Appeal, I am both excited and humbled by my assignment. Never during my entire professional life have I been in such a supportive...
Travel to Nicaragua tonight … Virtually
Earlier this year I shared a little bit about my trip to Nicaragua to visit Fair Trade coffee farmers. Tonight at 7PM Central Time–from the comfort of your own home or office–you can hear directly from Lutheran World Relief workers...
Have You Clicked Today?
For the last couple years, my computer’s home webpage has been www.thehungersite.com. When I log onto the internet, the website’s page opens up with a nice orange button. When I click on that button, 1.1 cups of staple food is...
Holy Cow!
This week’s New York Times Magazine is all about food (see it here). In the issue, Michael Pollan, one of my favorite food authors, offers several food policy suggestions to the next president. He links health care, energy independence, and...
A district prepares to show their local dance
The following was written by Emily Davila, Assistant Director, Lutheran Office for World Community **** Before you enter a village in Papua New Guinea, you have to be invited in. After taking a power boat 3 hours up the coast...
Greetings!
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is David Creech and I am the new Director of Global Hunger Education at the ELCA Churchwide Office. I am just finishing up (hopefully) my PhD in Theology, with an emphasis in New...
Education and Women’s Rights in Papua New Guinea
The following was written by Emily Davila, Assistant Director, Lutheran Office for World Community. **** I spent the last week in Papua New Guinea – not something I ever expected to do! With over 800 languages, communication in PNG is...
Heros in faith
I visited on of my heroes last Thursday. I had heard that Ken Peterson, from NE Minnesota, was being moved to hospice care, so I decided to make a pastoral call.If you don’t know Ken, let me tell you a...
ELCA on the Travel Channel
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is currently running two ads on the Travel Channel. You can view them here. According to the ELCA News Service: “‘We hope that through television, billboards and printmedia, members of theELCA will be...