Big Tent 2017: Race, Reconciliation, Reformation

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Big Tent, clergywomen, Panel, PC USA, race, reconciliation, reformation, Rev. Mark Koenig, workshop

I look forwarding to participating at the Big Tent, held at Washington University, St. Louis, July 6 -8th, 2017.

I will be co-leading a Workshop with Rev. Mark Koenig, “Disrupting Racism: Building the Intercultural Community” & speaking on a Panel, “What if the Women Left? Shattering and Reframing the Stained Glass Ceiling,” with Drs. Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty & Rhashell Hunter.

Read the repost below which is from the PC (USA) website.

Embracing the Other: Lecture at Duke

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I will be giving a lecture “Embracing the Other” at Duke April 12, 2016, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

It is a part of the Reconciliation Conversations Lecture Series. 

I am reposting the Lecture Announcement as found on the Duke website.

Duke Divinity School: Reconciliation Conversations

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David Anderson Hooker, Duke Divinity School, Jesse James DeConto, lecture, Mary McClintock Fulkerson, reconciliation

I am reposting a lecture series announcement from Duke Divinity School’s website.

I will be moderating the lecture by Dr. David Anderson Hooker on March 9, 2016, 2-3:30 pm.

I will be giving a lecture in this series on April 12, 2016 entitled, “Embracing the Other”.

New Book: Embracing the Other

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Eerdmans, grace ji-sun kim, Holy Spirit, justice, pneumatology, Prophetic Christianity Series, reconciliation, Spirit God

Embracing the Other: The Transformative Spirit of Love will be released this Fall 2015 by Eerdmans.

 It is book for the Prophetic Christianity Series.  Co-editors Peter Goodwin Heltzel, Bruce Ellis Benson, Malinda Elizabeth Berry.

 

 

American Missionary Kenneth Bae Languishes in a Pyongyang Prison

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grace ji-sun kim, Kenneth Bae, North Korea, pray, reconciliation, rev. jesse jackson, The Nation

Nov 3, 2014 marks 2 years in prison for Kenneth Bae.

We must continue to pray for his release from a prison in North Korea.

Please join us in prayer.

I am reposting a co-written piece with Rev. Jesse Jackson for The Nation that came out earlier this year.

Jailed American missionary Kenneth Bae speaks to reporters in Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)

Kenneth Bae’s 500th Day: Life’s Cycle of Fear, Pain, and Suffering

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grace ji-sun kim, Kenneth Bae, Korean War, peace, reconciliation, Sojourners

By U.S. Department of State from United States [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

This is my latest post for Sojourners.  Today marks 500 days in prison for Kenneth Bae.  Please keep him and his family in prayer.

Today marks Korean-American Christian missionary Kenneth Bae’s 500^th day in a North Korean prison. Bae was arrested in November 2012 while leading a tourist group. State-run media reported that he was convicted of attempting to lead a religious anti-North Korean

Everything I Know about Reconciliation I Learned in the Church

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Christena Cleveland, church, Disunity in Christ, ethnic minorities, racism, reconciliation

I am reposting Dr. Christena Cleveland’s blog about “reconciliation”.  Click here for the original post and please do check out the rest of her website.  It is very informative!

WHEN I LEARNED THAT THE CHURCH CAN HEAL WHAT THE CHURCH HAS BROKEN

by Christena Cleveland.

When the VBS teacher called me a nigger, she cursed my identity. Though I never explicitly referred to myself as a nigger, I internalized the teacher’s racism and