Addressing Hunger

A recent article from ELCA World Hunger reminds us that to make the biggest impact on hunger in the United States, the church needs to act on the local level. We are also reminded our congregations need to pioneer new approaches to ending hunger. One of the ways ELCA...

I enjoy "everything bagels" when I just can’t make up my mind what kind of bagel I want. Recently, hungry for a bagel, I also got to thinking about hunger and how hunger issues are really “everything" issues. Consider these issues which often compound the struggle of...

The Rice Street Gardens are now seven years old. The founders, the garden team, and most of all, the gardeners are hoping the garden continues for generations to come. This community, multi-city, and church (Galilee Lutheran) effort today serves 260 gardeners, 70% of...

What does a commandment about stealing have to do with hunger, you ask? I began thinking about the connection when our women’s Bible study group at Incarnation is in the midst of a study on the Ten Commandments. Of course, none of us wanted to think about ourselves as...

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 with our library group to do some needed “weeding” of our collection to make room for new material. One of the...

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? If so, how? What exactly does the farm bill fund? Click here to learn more about the farm bill. Rural...