Relating, Creating, Transforming
John 20:19-31 Some of you know that from March 16-23 I decided to participate in a program of the Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia and the University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire’s Better Together initiative. The program was called Interfaith Encounters Alternative Spring Break. There were 44 students from the school from around the world, hailing […]
Read MoreLuke 4:1-13 These 40 days of Lent is a time to reflect on identity. Who am I? Who is God? Who is my neighbor? Who are we? Whenever we look deeply at our own identity, if we are open, we can even surprise ourselves. We can find out something new that we didn’t recognize before. […]
Read MoreCheck out: John 2:1-11 Costa Rica is a beautiful country. I just returned to the icy cold of Philly after 17 days in Central America. Costa Rica shares borders with Nicaragua [on the north] and Panama [on the south]. It’s hard to describe just how beautiful of a place it is. When Maria and I […]
Read MoreBased on Luke 1:39-56 What are your favorite songs? Everybody has some. Which are the songs that give you energy, bring a smile to your face, and pick you up? You listen to them on your iPod, or in your car or at home and you just feel better? U2’s Beautiful Day or Cee Lo’s […]
Read MoreJohn 6:35-51 NYE Reflection #4: Imitating Bread VIDEO/STORY: JR Martinez: you have a voice: you want to make a change? JR Martinez’s story is inspiring. In the blink of an eye he went from a confident nineteen-year-old in Iraq cruising in the desert in a Humvee to a helpless, burning soul trapped inside a […]
Read MoreJohn 6:24-35 NYE Reflection #3: What Must We Do to Be One? The sounds, the images, the feelings of National Youth Event still linger on. Indeed, we imagined a better world and a blessed community in which all people were welcomed and accepted for who they are, and their gifts embraced. Our imaginations were expanded […]
Read MoreJohn 6:1-21 NYE Reflection #2: Extending Extravagant Welcome VIDEO: NYE: Carissa Yinmed You just heard from Carissa Yinmed, a high school student from Wailuku, Maui, in Hawai’i. Carissa shared her experiences as an outsider who at the age of ten, left her Micronesian community of Yap for Hawai’i. Carissa was one of the featured speakers […]
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Read MoreJohn 3:1-17 Not What We Know but What We’ve Been Given Sometimes I feel like I don’t know anything. Do you know what I mean? Sometimes I feel that the more I explore, read, study, discover, and experience the world—the less I actually know. I love to travel, to meet people of different cultures and […]
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