Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone
The first thing that comes to mind when I think about volunteering with the Gathering is stepping outside of my comfort zone. It was an unexpected invitation that pulled me out of my day-to-day cycle and reminded me of...
Lighthouse
Walking off of the Mass Gathering stage after speaking at the 2018 ELCA Youth Gathering, I don’t think I fully understood the magnitude of what I had just done. It was a life-changing experience that felt so wild but...
Juneteenth: We Will Breathe
by Joe Davis Juneteenth commemorates a day when my ancestors could breath a little more freely. On June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas, enslaved Africans were read federal orders that they were freed, even though the Emancipation Proclamation was signed...
Reflections on Volunteering in Minneapolis
It has been 3 weeks since the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the city in which I call home. Unfortunately, the senseless killings perpetuated from racism are not uncommon. The outcry for justice, though, has been very common...
Intentional Chaplaincy Work in Minneapolis
This blog post was written by our 2021 MYLE team leader, Kelly Sherman-Conroy, and is in response to the chaplaincy work being done in the Minneapolis and St. Paul after the murder of George Floyd. She discusses the need...
Where does our help come from?
God of boundless love, we give thanks. We give thanks even with a future that we do not know and that causes anxiety for many. We thank you for those on the front-lines of this pandemic. The courageous leaders,...