Concerned about attacks on Luteran Social Services
I am deeply troubled by the current administration’s recent attacks on Lutheran Social Services. Organizations like Lutheran Social Services provide critical support to some of the most vulnerable members of our communities—refugees seeking safety, families in crisis, and individuals struggling with food insecurity and housing instability. Their work is not about politics; it is about compassion, dignity, and human needs.
Through my work with social service organizations, I have seen the role that faith-based organizations have in caring for those often overlooked in society. Lutheran Social Services, along with other organizations, embodies the values of love, justice, and service that are central to our faith traditions. Undermining their ability to carry out this work is not just an attack on one organization—it is an attack on the very principles of mercy and hospitality that define who we are as a people.
Instead of vilifying those who serve, we should be supporting them. In a time when so many are in need, we must stand with those who extend a helping hand, not make their work more difficult. I urge our leaders to remember that true strength is found in compassion and that a society is judged not by how it treats the powerful but by how it cares for the least among us.
Rev. Ann Steiner Lantz, Estes Park
Possible script for calls or emails to your Senator and Representative
RE: Why aren’t our elected representatives opposing Trump’s illegal acts?
Senator John Hickenlooper (202) 224-5941
email: https://www.hickenlooper.senate.gov/email-john/
Senator Michael Bennet (202) 224-5852 email: https://www.bennet.senate.gov/contact/write-to-michael/
Representative Joe Neguse (202) 225-2161
email: https://neguse.house.gov/contact
Hello. My name is ______________, and I live in ______________, zip code _______.
Every single day for 3 weeks we have heard about the Republican administration illegally firing government workers, impounding authorized funds, shutting down departments, hijacking payment portals, and stealing databases.
I have not heard any of our representatives issue a public statement –on TV, on radio, in a newspaper, or even on their own website – opposing these illegal acts.
We elect our representatives to be our voice in government. If our representatives don’t speak out – then we don’t have a voice.
If our representatives don’t publicly oppose these illegal acts, we have to assume that they support the administration and these illegal acts.
Representatives – we are waiting to hear from you. And time is running out.
Mike Brown, Allenspark
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