Posted in Church, North America, Youth participation on August 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Kristen Glass, director for young adult ministries, reflects about the church wide assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the role of young adults in it. She allowed us to re-publish a text that she has written for her own blog:
Posted in North America, Youth participation on August 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This summer, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (member of the LWF) had its churchwide assembly. That is the highest decision making body of the church and brings together more than 1000 voting members from all parts of the church. Often, it is not easy for youth and young adults to engage in such an [...]
Posted in Church, Ecumenism, Faith, LWF, Life, Youth participation on August 29, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Spending ten months in another country. Getting to know people from virtually every part of the world. Working at the center of the ecumenical movement. Learning, praying, advancing ideas, supporting the worldwide church.
In short, that is what the youth internship in the Lutheran World Federation is about. To bring it a little bit more [...]
Posted in Justice, LWF, Life, Poverty, Poverty/Affluence, UN, Youth, Youth participation on August 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I admit it. I am fascinated by the communication possibilities that the internet gives me. I communicate with a lot of people by email, I use instant messaging, I have access to a huge knowledge base, I can use a blog and after writing for an hour, there are actually people on the other side [...]
Posted in Church, Ecumenism, Justice, Middle East on August 24, 2007 | No Comments »
In 2002, after calls from local churches in Jerusalem, the World Council of Churches started a new program that would serve as a witness and help create an international ecumenical presence for peace and justice in the Holy Land.
The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) has brought over 300 people to the [...]
Posted in Church, Faith, Life on August 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
On Monday I start a whole new chapter in my life. That is when I start studying at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, on a track to become an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
In a time where you can become a certified pastor online over the internet in [...]
Posted in Church, Ecumenism, Faith, Justice, Poverty, Poverty/Affluence on August 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Yet another new social networking site - this time for a cause. If you join now your project could win 10,000 USD (great marketing strategy!) They have a catagory for religion that is currently empty - it would be great to see young people take the lead by establishing the discussion thread. Lots of [...]
Posted in Life on August 13, 2007 | 3 Comments »
we are as Christian live in a complex world. There are many things that we can face every day that cause our lives so colorful, exciting, sad or one of them is stress, how many of you ever felt stress, when the life looks so dark and everything is bad… wanna die… fuiihh… there were [...]
Posted in Life on August 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I Its amazing how the time passes so fast!!!!. Its almost a year when I had the chance to participate at the World Council of Churches Stewards Programme. And I have to say it was the most wonderful experience, becuse I had the oppotunity to live for three weeks with other young people all around [...]
Posted in Faith, Justice, Life, Poverty on August 7, 2007 | 5 Comments »
When I was in Africa, a local man, when we were talking about politics and corruption, told me that he was tired of the ‘West’ always telling them how it needs to be done.
Now, even though I am from the ‘West’, I usually don’t even try to defend it. In fact, that would be stupid, [...]
