Author Archives: Kim

Freedom (from fear) Tour

 I think everyone who was part of Freedom Tour would agree that there was an internal journey we each experienced as a result of taking in so much power, so much story, so much courage forged in the fire of a red-hot faith that refused to sit down. Read more [...]

Freedom Tour 2013

If people are silent, "these very stones will cry out" for justice and freedom. Read more [...]

Lenten Confession: And Also With You

Someone has to hear the confession of a wheezing old woman confined to her recliner this flu season, so it may as well be you.  Here goes . . . Read more [...]

Stations of the Cross

Can we hear the voice of Jesus demanding justice for our brothers and sisters? Read more [...]

Lape in Cite Soleil: Pax Christi Ayiti Peace Camp

And yet there is another side to Haiti that is too often overlooked. A Haiti that greets the dawn with a pulsating swell of songpraise. A Haiti that is proud and prayerful and has much to teach us about faith, courage, and peacemaking. Read more [...]

Moveable Peace Walk: Occupy Main Street

Today, I look back on the peace walk and ask myself what, if anything was served, by walking along Grand River during some of the hottest days of summer.  Read more [...]

Tears, Not Triumphalism

God have mercy on us all as we once again pick up our national drug of choice - raw vengeance cut with unabashed triumphalism - in response to the violence of others. Read more [...]

beauty

the purple cone flower poking through a bed of basil stands as a bold rebuke to a world that loves war. Read more [...]

We Mourn All Victims of War and Violence

The fast is a public way of expressing a hunger for peace, justice, and community as an antidote to war, greed, and alienation. It is a humble way of admitting complicity in the deaths of many and of expressing profound sorrow for all lives taken by war. Read more [...]

Peacemaking: The Work of Heart, Hands, and Head

Our work is enriched when we know the poems, the paintings, the voices of those with whom we stand in solidarity. By knowing the words and phrases with which others cry, celebrate, and pray, we enter the holy place where we become more than our small selves. Read more [...]