Friday 17 March 2023
I am always surprised where I will find something about hunger and how we are called to help bring it to an end. As a church librarian, I recently worked…
Read PostThursday 16 March 2023
Congregations and individuals all around the Saint Paul Area Synod have experienced lives changed, both individually and as a community of faith, because of Tanzanian partnerships. We have experienced the…
Read PostTuesday 07 March 2023
So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing. Thessalonians 5:11 Diego Gil (ILAG staff) and Joan Felice and Randee Edmundson (from Saint Paul…
Read PostFriday 03 March 2023
Whenever I have traveled with a group that included young people, our Tanzanian hosts have taken special notice. “When we see these young travelers, we know that this companionship will…
Read PostThursday 16 February 2023
At its core, our Bega Kwa Bega companionship is a relationship between the Iringa Diocese-ELCT and the Saint Paul Area Synod- ELCA, along with another layer of relationships between member…
Read PostFriday 03 February 2023
As discussions begin in the U.S. Congress on the renewal of the Farm Bill, one has to wonder about that title. Is the farm bill designed primarily to help farmers?…
Read PostThursday 02 February 2023
Last week, the Bega Kwa Bega team of Ryan and Astine Bose, Pastor Lusungu Msigwa, Scholarship Clerk Frank Mkocha, and I bounced over rural roads to visit the six diocese…
Read PostTuesday 24 January 2023
Guatemala January 10, 2023 But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they…
Read PostThursday 19 January 2023
Three years ago, travelers to Iringa didn’t realize they would be the last Saint Paul Area Synod guests for a while. By the end of March 2020, The Lutheran Center…
Read PostSunday 08 January 2023
A recent women’s bible study reminded us that humans are mammals and only one part of God’s enormous and wonderful creation. As discussion continued and we talked and sang about…
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