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3 days ago
2 min

An Update on Pasos de Fe

by Bill Rose, Synod Commissioner from Tres Rios Presbytery This letter is an update on Pasos de Fe. A community center located in...

6 days ago
2 min

SPDR 2022: A Year in Review

One of my favorite things about this season are the opportunities to give thanks and reflect on all that has happened over the past year....

Nov 8
2 min

A New Time in the life of the Synod of the Sun

November 9, 2022 To the Fabulous & Faithful of the Synod of the Sun, Recently, I shared with the Synod Coordinating Team of a new call...

Nov 2
2 min

SPDR: Will the Rise of Volunteers Return?

One of the many invisible tolls of the COVID-19 pandemic was the shutdown of opportunities to volunteer and serve in-person in locations...

Sep 1
3 min

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...

Apr 29
2 min

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...

Apr 9, 2021
3 min

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...

Nov 16, 2020
5 min

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...

Jul 8, 2020
3 min

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...

Jun 12, 2020
3 min

How Long?

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

Apr 20, 2020
4 min

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

Apr 20, 2020
1 min

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...

Apr 20, 2020
1 min

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...

Apr 20, 2020
4 min

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...

Apr 20, 2020
2 min

Waking Up

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

Apr 20, 2020
3 min

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,...

Apr 20, 2020
3 min

Harvey Ride-along

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

Apr 20, 2020
2 min

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...