LWR Virtual U session 9/18/08 on Global Food Crisis
There are two opportunities to highlight from ELCA World Hunger partner Lutheran World Relief: (1) LWR’s “Virtual University” sessions, and (2) LWR’s study tour to Colombia. Blessings, Sue LWR Virtual U is a monthly, interactive, online speakers’ series that directly...
A message from Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson
Statement on Hurricanes, September 12, 2008A message from Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, “But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear,...
ELCA Disaster Response in Cuba, Haiti
Below, find an informative ELCA News Posting about ELCA International Disaster Response in Cuba and Haiti. Learn more and give to the response effort at www.elca.org/disaster ELCA NEWS SERVICESeptember 12, 2008 08-153-MRC Lutherans Work to Meet the Needs of People...
Do we really SEE people?
I’ve seen him multiple times over the past 9 years—a man whose station in life could lend itself to invisibility quite easily but whose invisibility is a product of those around him, not his own misfortune. This man is blind....
1-2-3 Contact!
1-2-3 Contact! Three ways to receive ELCA World Hunger Resources You are welcome to receive personal copies of the semi-annual ELCA World Hunger Resource Packets and/or the quarterly issues of LifeLines, the ELCA World Hunger newsletter. FYI, in mid-October a...
Disaster in Haiti, Both Natural and Man-made
A few months ago, I wrote a blog post about how natural disasters contribute to hunger, and how those living at or near poverty are disproportionately vulnerable. Following that line of thought, it’s hard to imagine how things could get...
A vocational poster assignment
Tonight I came across this picture of my daughter, Annie, eleven years old at the time, with a poster project for a class. It seems to be a “What do I want to do when I grow up” assignment. Some...
Congregational event stirs the waters
Here is part of a cheerful e-mail from Kris L., mission director at Atonement Lutheran Church in St. Cloud, Minn., reporting on the congregation’s recent “Stirring the Waters” event. Sue-s Hi! Just wanted to let you know that our church...
An “A” for the day
Nancy M. came in to work with a page of Valentine stickers. Nancy explained that her four-year-old daughter, Anika, gave her the stickers this morning “to give to anyone who is feeling sad or bad or has done really good...
Back to School
In my neighborhood, the school buses are back on the roads in full force during my morning commute. School has begun again, and while the girl in the house next to me says she would prefer a bit more summer...