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Harvesting hope
Each season, Zulema Lopez sows and reaps crops in the village of San Luis, near Somoto in northern Nicaragua. But after years of prolonged drought, wells have run dry and…
Faith in Action
Earth Day series: Climate change and the poor
In Zimbabwe, the Mwenezi River has overflowed twice in the last two months. Before this year, the Mwenezi had only flooded three times in the last half century. “On all…
Faith in Action
Climate change: Alaskan village tries to preserve its culture
The idea that climate change is a political issue or a matter of debate makes no sense, said Thomas Richter, pastor of Shishmaref Lutheran, the only congregation in the Alaskan…
Faith in Action
Earth Day series: Climate change and hunger
The wide, flat and winding paths through northern Nicaragua look like well-traveled roads for four-wheel-drive vehicles. But upon closer inspection, they’re not paths at all—they’re dried up riverbeds. The Tecomapa…
Faith in Action
Earth Day series: Climate change, migration and the ELCA
Shishmaref is a fishing village in Alaska that is on an island only 3 miles long and a quarter-mile wide in the Chuckchi Sea, just north of the Bering Strait….
Faith in Action
Earth Day series: How the ELCA is addressing the effects of climate change
In honor of Earth Day on April 22, Living Lutheran is featuring a weekly series of blogs exploring different facets of caring for creation throughout the month of April. In…
Mission & Ministry
Shishmaref: Called to care
Shishmaref, Alaska, has taken center stage as its residents fight to preserve their way of life as changes in their environment and landscape attributed to climate change pose threats. “The…
Spiritual Resources
Study guide: Alaskan village tries to preserve its culture
Residents of Shishmaref, Alaska, may be our country’s first “climate refugees”—people forced to leave their homes because of rising seas attributed to climate change. But they probably won’t be the…
Mission & Ministry
In pursuit of peace
The smiley teen, dressed in a stark white collared shirt embossed with Talitha Kumi Evangelical Lutheran School’s emblem, corrects me when I ask him and the director of the Lutheran…
Voices of Faith
A New Year’s resolution to be scandalized
A variation of the phrase “Last night a vicious attack …” began many of my congregational letters in 2016. I was in the habit of writing a pastoral letter after…
Mission & Ministry
Lessons in reconciliation
Living and serving in a country that has experienced genocide can change one’s opinion, career path and life. Just ask the 11 volunteers who’ve participated in the ELCA Young Adults…
Spiritual Resources
Six ways to find peace this Advent
For many of us, the words “holiday season” are quickly equated with feelings of being rushed, stressed and overwhelmed. As Christmas approaches, we are plagued with thoughts of buying gifts,…
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