ELCA World Hunger

When you go to the grocery store to buy produce, how do you select precisely which, say, apples or green peppers you’re going to buy? I, for one, go for those that I deem have the best appearance. I reject...

As I rode the “El” train into work this morning, it finally hit me- today is your last day at the ELCA. All I could then think was- where did the time go? Although I knew from the beginning this...

Here is a second post by the Rev. Franklin Ishida updating us on ELCA’s International Disaster Response efforts in China. S. It has been exactly three months since the massive earthquake rocked parts of Sichuan Province in China.Despite the fact...

A story from the Rev. Franklin Ishida, director for Asia and the Pacific, ELCA Global Mission. Find related pictures at http://imageevent.com/elcahunger/chinaluzhou Find other ELCA World Hunger Appeal stories at www.elca.org/hunger/stories Thanks, Franklin!S. ELCA World Hunger funds have been provided to...

This is the first of two postings by the Rev. Franklin Ishida, director for Asia and the Pacific, ELCA Global Mission. Find more information at www.elca.org/disaster and find related pictures at www.imageevent.com/chinaearthquake Thank you, Franklin! Sue Three months have past...

Make a Smilebox slideshow Hello Everyone! This is my last week with ELCA World Hunger. The summer has been a huge learning experience with many joys and frustrations that I’m sure will shape my life and the service that is...

I often debate whether or not I want to have children. Although they are incredibly cute and are great sources of joy, they have constant needs you must fulfill. Last weekend as my brother, nephew, and I were driving to...

This past week, a few members of the ELCA World Hunger staff and I went on a “field trip” to St. Paul’s African American Methodist Episcopal Church, a program site for the Domestic Hunger Grant recipient program, Faith in Place....

I could hardly believe the headline of a New York Times article I read about three weeks ago: “Hoarding Nations Drive Food Costs Ever Higher.” I had to read on. I had to uncover what this headline not only means...

In June I had the privilege of traveling to Jordan, Egypt, Israel, and Palestine with a group of folks connected to my congregation, St. Luke’s Lutheran in Park Ridge, Illinois. Carolyn Kees, a former member, was one of our companions...