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Altarpiece by Lucas Cranach the Elder in the City Church in Wittenberg. (Public domain)

Cranach painting reveals Luther’s understanding of the Bible and art of preaching
By
Martin Junge

Governance
Blog
01 May 2019
Mr Marcus Busch, past president, Canadian Lutheran World Relief. Photo: Margaret Sadler

Optimism amid increasing challenges in Myanmar
By
Marcus Busch

Humanitarian
Blog
06 Mar 2019
Women of the Mumanga community gather outside the classroom where their Creative Expression workshop took place. All photos: LWF/O.Schnoebelen

Illuminating a village
By
Ophélie Schnoebelen

Justice
Humanitarian
Gender
Blog
14 Feb 2019
LWF COP 24 delegate Mr Wylie Cook, takes part in a march during the 2018 UN climate conference in Katowice, Poland. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey

Climate finance: A moral challenge
By
Wylie Cook

Youth
Climate
Churches
Blog
21 Dec 2018
LWF COP 24 delegate, Mr Khulekani Magwazah, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa, speaks at one of the conference events in Katowice, Poland. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey

Are we constructing or destructing the future?
By
Khulekani S. Magwaza

Youth
Climate
Churches
Blog
20 Dec 2018
Ms Gloria Samosir during a side event at COP 24 in Katowice, Poland. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey

The down-to-earth truth: Troubling times on Lake Toba
By
Gloria Samosir

Youth
Climate
Churches
Blog
20 Dec 2018
Beata Anna Kolarczyk, Polish Lutheran delegate to the COP 24 UN climate conference in Katowice, Poland. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey

Proclaiming the Gospel of Christ by caring for our common home
By
Beata Anna Kolarczyk

Youth
Governance
Climate
Blog
19 Dec 2018
Rev. Árni Svanur Daníelsson

Creation remembers
By
Arni Svanur Danielsson

Climate
Blog
13 Dec 2018
Sindri Geir Óskarsson, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey.

What is our role as stewards of the Earth?
By
Sindri Geir Óskarsson

Youth
Governance
Climate
Blog
07 Dec 2018
From the left: Mr. Seid Asmare, Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council; Mr Daniel Seife-Michael, Ethiopian Orthodox Church; Mr Mamo Wojega, Inter-Religious Council of Ethiopia & member of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. Photo: LWF

Ethiopia’s new democratic space offers opportunity for peace building and reconciliation
By
Dr Ojot M. Ojulu

Unity
Governance
Justice
Blog
08 Nov 2018
Wollastonite mine near Garies, South Africa. Photo: jbdodane (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Protecting the environment, protecting people’s well-being
By
Khulekani S. Magwaza

Climate
Blog
19 Sep 2018
About 200 people gathered outside Minneapolis City Hall in October 2016 to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline which will pass upstream from the Standing Rock Sioux Nation. Along with the threat to their water supply, the tribe claims the pipeline will destroy burial sites and sacred places. Photo: Fibonacci Blue (CC BY 2.0)

Season of Creation – A Native American Voice on Loss and Damage
By
Rev. Joann Conroy

Climate
Humanitarian
Blog
12 Sep 2018

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