Archive for September, 2009
A Disease of the Soul
Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 by Lutheran World Relief.
That’s what Wall Street Journal correspondent and author Roger Thurow saw when he looked into the eyes of starving people throughout his career reporting on issues of global hunger. Last week, as he stood before an audience of LWR staff, board members, and guests, it was apparent that Thurow, co-author of Enough: Why the World’s [...]
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The Go FactorSt. Matthew
Posted on 21. Sep, 2009 by Lutheran World Relief.
Today, September 21st the church remembers and celebrates the life and witness of St. Matthew, an apostle and evangelist of Jesus. I checked out and listed some of the times we hear the call to go in the Bible’s book of Matthew: Matthew 5:41 “If someone forces you to GO one mile, GO with him [...]
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Knowing the Place for the First Time
Posted on 18. Sep, 2009 by Lutheran World Relief.
T.S. Elliot once remarked: We shall not cease from exploration And the end of our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. Several years after my family moved to Canada from Jamaica, we finally landed in a family of faith. This congregation’s first face of holiness [...]
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Notes from Niamy, Niger
Posted on 14. Sep, 2009 by Lutheran World Relief.
Kirk Betts, formerly the Lutheran World Relief board chair, traveled to Niger in West Africa in 2009 to witness the distribution of LWR quilts and kits. His experience moved him to offer these words of thanks to Lutheran quilters and kit-makers who support LWR’s ministry of comfort and care. A condensed version of this article [...]
