Advocating for the most vulnerable of our neighbors.
Advocacy
When we read the texts recounting what Jesus did after his triumphant procession, we learn about how he spoke “truth to power” and how he touched and transformed lives.
On our own processions toward justice
Augusta Victoria Hospital is operated by The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Jerusalem. It started in partnership with the U.N. Relief and Works Agency in 1948 as a major medical facility in Jerusalem to care for Palestinian refugees. Today, most of the patients served by the hospital continue to be in social need and are seeking life-saving specialized care.
Ask Congress to support Augusta Victoria Hospital
This line from the Gospel of John, “you always have the poor with you,” has been often misquoted. I hear this text cited as justification for inadequate public policy efforts to eradicate poverty. But it is a misread of the text.
What Jesus never teaches
Repentance and Forgiveness Few of Jesus’ parables are as familiar or artistically resonant as the parable of the prodigal son. Rembrandt immortalized it on canvas. Benjamin Britten set it to lyrics and music. Henri Nouwen wrote a spiritual autobiography around it. Of the multitude of literary and linguistic artifacts that […]
Lenten Advocacy Reflection: Repentance and Forgiveness
This election season, we are called to conversation and prayer around our role as U.S. residents and as people of faith in ensuring our election systems promote dignity and respect for all. We are also called to act by speaking out as advocates and engaging in local efforts to guarantee the right to vote to all citizens.
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This Sunday when I preach at Salem, I will bring cases of water and two of my own large drinking water bottles. When I return home I will refill them from my faucet and remember the people in Flint. I will be more attentive to ELCA blogs and advocacy requests. Jesus, who gives life-giving water, compels me to do this and to act.
Living Earth Reflection: February 2016
Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you that have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price (Isaiah 55:1).
Lenten Advocacy Reflection: Thinking Differently
Join the ELCA at Ecumenical Advocacy Days (EAD), April 15-18 in Washington, D.C. as we gather as a denomination to engage around voting rights and racial justice. To learn more and register for Ecumenical Advocacy Days, click here! Ecumenical Advocacy Days is a movement of the ecumenical Christian community […]