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SPDR 101: Is it an Emergency or a Disaster?

I am officially one-month into serving full-time as the Director for the Synod Partnership for Disaster Response, a long name that I hope...

Notes from a Pilgrim 2022

My mom picked me up at the airport when I returned from the Social Justice Pilgrimage put together by Grace Presbytery. Turns out she had...

Asian Hate

First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to the Synod of the Sun leader, who actively supported the conference of the Korean...

Synod Leader Report, post Sabbatical

Watch a video edition of this report at: https://youtu.be/YFqjCmXAUzE 2020 has been quite a year, for everyone in about all aspects of...

Sabbatical Challenge

As I have been preparing for sabbatical, plenty of folks have asked me what my “theme” is, or what is my focus? What was initially to be...

How Long?

I have been spending a lot of time praying, listening, and learning lately. The deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Brionna Taylor, and George...

Juarez/El Paso: Children

Maybe my actions and smiles and laughter was enough to communicate all that I really wanted to say to them. Maybe a few moments in an otherw

Relationship – Relationship – Relationship

I truthfully believe relationship is how we live out our response to God’s Love. The relationships we have in all levels of our church...

Courage Against All Forms of Hate and Injustice.

Just this past Tuesday, I shared with a group of women Lesson 5 of the Horizon Bible Study Cloud of Witnesses. We studied the most...

Juarez/El Paso: Live Into Hope

This is one of several blog posts written by the participants who traveled to Juarez/El Paso July 28-31 to see and listen to the stories...

Waking Up

The Synod of the Sun 2017 Coordinating Team just completed our annual retreat. This year, leadership asked everyone to read Debby...

Facing Into the Bigger Picture

In the span of a month I have been to the US/Mexico border to meet adults and children seeking asylum, celebrated the birth of a Savior,...

Harvey Ride-along

The areas affected most by Hurricane Harvey cross presbytery boundaries. Both Mission and New Covenant Presbyteries have churches,...

The Safety Pin and the Cross

As I pinned a large safety pin on my jacket this morning here's what went through my mind like an annoying song stuck in my head: that...