Posts Categorized: Peacemaking

Living In Between

Adventures of a Presbyterian pastor on a Jesuit campus How I found resurrection in the Holy LandLessons from a trip to Israel and Palestine by Abby King-Kaiser When an olive tree reaches a certain age, it develops a weathered and gnarly bark full of wrinkles that I hope my face will carry some day, wrinkles… Read more »

Recovering Reverend

You can take the pastor out of the church, but you can’t take the Church out of the pastor.   What I would preach after Paris and BeirutThe birth pangs of a new world by Derrick L. Weston As he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what… Read more »

Living In Between

Adventures of a Presbyterian pastor on a Jesuit campus   I don’t knowI may not know how to solve the terrorism that struck Paris and Beirut, but I do know something about Christ, and about love, and about relationships that cross boundaries. by Abby King-Kaiser I don’t know. A student much smarter than me once… Read more »

The No Shame Zone

One young person’s subversive thoughts on church and society   Please don’t shame my griefReflections on the violence in Paris and Beirut by Tad Hopp This weekend, my Facebook and Twitter feeds exploded with prayers, grief, and French flags in the wake of the horrific attacks in Paris that have left at least 129 people… Read more »

Recovering Reverend

You can take the pastor out of the church, but you can’t take the Church out of the pastor.   Time to lay down our gunsIn the wake of yet another mass shooting, this one at Umpqua Community College, it’s time for the church to take a hard look at its values. by Derrick L…. Read more »