Addressing Hunger

It's hard to believe that it was time for school to start again a few weeks ago, but children are now walking, riding or bussing to classrooms both here in Minnesota and across the U.S. In some parts of the world where the weather differs, students may be finishing...

At a recent webinar for ELCA World Hunger leaders, we heard from a hunger leader in Oshkosh, Wis., who recommended six steps to help us work together to end hunger. They make for a handy check-list. See if they are things you are doing and urge others in your...

It’s time to share good news in our synod because EIGHT of our congregations/ministries have been announced as ELCA World Hunger Daily Bread grant recipients in the past year. Daily Bread Matching Grants are $500 matching grants from ELCA World Hunger that support...

May 20, 2026 is World Bee Day! “Bee engaged in pollinator-friendly agricultural production” is the 2026 theme of the United Nations-designated day first observed in 2017. The focus of education and involvement is on a wide variety of bees and the importance of...

While our Vacation Bible School programs at Incarnation Lutheran Church in Shoreview (where I attend) have always been well planned and well attended, available curriculum from ELCA World Hunger has rarely been used. Our hunger group (currently all retired folks)...

March 2026 marks 45 years for Minnesota FoodShare! The effort, which began in 1982 by faith communities in the seven-county metro Twin Cities to help restock food shelves, has definitely “grown up” in those many years. Only one year later, the success of that first...

This is not my usual kind of hunger blog, but there is such a hunger of all kinds in our world today. - Vernita Our Hearts Hunger For... Peace with justice in our streets, our communities and our homes today and for all tomorrows Courage in the face of wrongs and a...

Remember how you had to learn to carefully merge from an on-ramp into highway traffic? Maybe you had to merge some e-mail address lists when you changed internet providers. Or perhaps you “merged” monetary accounts when you married. Or even refrigerators and closets....

“Tis the season, isn’t it? Many of us are working on our holiday cards, some of them going out by snail mail while others go via e-mail. Some of us only phone our greetings. But it is a time of year when we value our family, our friends, and those who cared for and...