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Category Archives: Global
“All Anew” is a way of life, not an event
The day before Leymah Gbowee addressed 3,300 participants attending the Tenth Triennial Gathering, July 14, she took time for a conversation over a cup of green tea. Gbowee, a Lutheran from Monrovia, Liberia, led the interfaith movement of prayerful and persistent women … Continue reading
Posted in Global, Women, Women of the ELCA
Tagged #WELCATG, Elizabeth Eaton, Elizabeth McBride, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Leadership Development, Leymah Gbowee, Liberia, Nobel Peace Prize, Presiding Bishop Eaton, Sue Edison-Swift, Tenth Triennial Gathering, Women of the ELCA
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A future with hope
Kagemulo’s smile in this picture is misleading. She smiled upon seeing the video just taken during a visit to her home outside of Bukoba, Tanzania. Kagemulo had never before seen a picture of herself. Indeed, Kagemulo said, “I cry all … Continue reading
A transformational act
On the last day of the NGO Forum on Women (Beijing, China, 1995), I witnessed a transformational act. It had been an empowering, world expanding 10 days. I listened to women wanting to be both faithful and feminist, demanding full … Continue reading
Posted in Devotion, Global, Women
Tagged Beijing, Hillary Clinton, NGO Forum, Transformational, women's rights
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Kagemulo’s hopes
Outside, the sun was beyond bright and the day was hot. Inside, sitting on a carpet of grasses, the main room of the two-room home was dark and cool. Paul and I were in Tanzania as part of an 2004 … Continue reading
A narrated visit in Malawi
Join me on a visit to two rural communities in Malawi. Meet Albeta, making a deposit in her village bank, and Gladys, who shows us her one-day-old goat kid. Hear the chorus of women narrating the visit in song. Verse … Continue reading
A (Peruvian) mountaintop experience
It was a (Peruvian) mountaintop experience to join the gathered community–farm families, school children and staff from partner organizations–to dedicate and celebrate a 33,000 gallon reservoir that would irrigate quinoa crops and grow a future with hope for 60 families. … Continue reading