Tag Archives: Staff
Reflections on a Strategy Meeting
Posted on 02. May, 2013 by Dan Ruth.
People tend to drag their feet, or roll their eyes, when it comes to business meetings. Especially when it comes to multi-day meetings focused on strategy. But in the three years I’ve been working at Lutheran World Relief, our organization has somehow been able to transcend the stereotype of strategy meetings. Sure, by the end [...]
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Finishing Our Work in Sri Lanka
Posted on 11. Jan, 2013 by Dan Ruth.
On Sunday, December 26, 2004, an earthquake struck beneath the Indian Ocean. This earthquake caused a disastrous and infamous tsunami, with waves nearly 100 feet high. The disaster killed over 230,000 people in fourteen countries. The island nation of Sri Lanka was one of the hardest hit by the tsunami; over 35,000 people died and [...]
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Thank You! [Video]
Posted on 18. Dec, 2012 by Lutheran World Relief.
Updated to include YouTube video For providing long-lasting solutions to growing food, we thank you. For providing access to water, we thank you. For putting your faith into action, we thank you. For responding to emergencies and fighting malaria, we thank you. For helping women, children and families become more resilient, we thank you. THANK [...]
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Why I’m Grateful for Dependence
Posted on 21. Nov, 2012 by Lutheran World Relief.
by Daniel Lee, LWR’s Vice President for External Relations “What I fear most is despair for the world and us: forever less of beauty, silence, open air, gratitude, unbidden happiness, affection, unegotistical desire.” – Wendell Berry, Given: Poems, Sabbath 1998, IX Is “dependence” a dirty word? I’ve met quite a few people who seem to [...]
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Why I’m Grateful for My Vocation
Posted on 20. Nov, 2012 by Lutheran World Relief.
by Oumou Dicko, LWR’s President’s Office Assistant “The place God calls you to is where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” – Frederick Buechner I always have been the kind of person who is unusually disturbed by the suffering of the others. I, myself, have passed through much physical and emotional suffering, [...]
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Why I’m Grateful for God’s Guidance in my Work
Posted on 19. Nov, 2012 by Lutheran World Relief.
by Roderick Valones, LWR’s Program Manager in the Philippines “God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8) “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in [...]
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Why I’m Grateful for the Community of Faith
Posted on 16. Nov, 2012 by Melanie Gibbons.
If you’re anything like me, there are times when you look up and realize you haven’t thanked God in a while (usually when things seem to be going either really well, or really poorly, in my case). That’s one reason I love the LWR value of gratitude — what a great reminder! In the face [...]
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