By Ralston Deffenbaugh

It was a joy for me to be back in New York City. On 22 October, the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) had a reception to celebrate its 75th anniversary—75 years of helping to carry out the…

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The Lutheran World Federation’s Women in Church and Society attended the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, held annually at the UN headquarters in New York. This year’s…

LWF delegate Larry José Madrigal blogs from the world’s largest gathering on women’s human rights

The United Nations is a metaphor for the world in all its diversity, complexity and contradiction.

Thousands of women and hundreds of…

“Mama, I can’t breathe”

It is Ordinary Season, and in Minnesota the sun shines late into Compline as we live in a haze of sweaty clothes, sun-kissed skin, and explosive rumbling storms.

Four weeks ago, George Floyd was murdered by…