{"id":116,"date":"2008-11-04T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/hungerrumblings\/2008\/11\/04\/let-justice-roll-down-like-water\/"},"modified":"2008-11-04T09:55:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-04T14:55:00","slug":"let-justice-roll-down-like-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/let-justice-roll-down-like-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Let justice roll down like water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/hungerrumblings\/2009\/07\/dsc_0771-780235-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0771-780235\" title=\"dsc_0771-780235\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2009\/07\/dsc_0771-780235-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2009\/07\/dsc_0771-780235-250x376.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2009\/07\/dsc_0771-780235-233x350.jpg 233w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2009\/07\/dsc_0771-780235.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>On Sunday, November 9, lectors across the Church will read from Amos, chapter 5:  <em>But let justice roll down like waters.  <\/em><br \/>Take a moment to review the related pieces in the Pentecost 2008 edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/http\/\/www.elca.org\/Our-Faith-In-Action\/Responding-to-the-World\/ELCA-World-Hunger\/Resources\/For-Congregations\/Congregation-Connections.aspx\">Congregation Connections (page 9).<\/a>  Maybe there&#8217;s still time to include the &#8220;Thought Prelude&#8221; or the Water Facts in this Sunday&#8217;s bulletin or share it with in a Sunday forum or class.  Remember to share the new ELCA World Hunger <a href=\"http:\/\/http\/\/www.augsburgfortress.org\/store\/item.jsp?clsid=195242&amp;productgroupid=0&amp;isbn=6000221509\">Life-Giving Water bulletin<\/a> with your congregation, too.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Carpenter and I have recently returned from World Hunger project visits in South Africa and Malawi.  Water and justice issues streamed through our visits.  I am busy getting photos captioned and posted on <a href=\"http:\/\/imageevent.com\/elcahunger\">imageevent.com\/elcahunger<\/a> (South Africa and Malawi).<\/p>\n<p>Advocacy, or &#8220;voicing out&#8221; streamed its way throughout the trip, too.   The development service arm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malawi (ELDS) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Africa (ELCSA-DS) are associate programs of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elca.org\/lwf\">Lutheran World Federation<\/a>.  ELDS and ELCSA-DS staff shared how they accompany communities through relief, to rehabilitation, to development, and on to the power of advocating for rights.  &#8220;We build capacity so the community can find its voice.  You can&#8217;t speak out when you have nothing.  We move communities from a focus on <em>needs <\/em>to a focus on <em>rights.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not always easy or neat.  &#8220;Sometimes, when you speak out in Africa, you can be mistaken as an enemy.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s election day in the United States.  May our votes be voices for justice. <br \/><em>Sue Edison-Swift<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, November 9, lectors across the Church will read from Amos, chapter 5: But let justice roll down like waters. Take a moment to review the related pieces in the Pentecost 2008 edition of Congregation Connections (page 9). 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