Yesterday, I witnessed a woman, who, with her very presence, stopped the harassment of a teenage girl by several teenage boys. She silenced their leers and jeers, without saying a single word, simply by moving to the back of the bus and sitting among them.
On this day, the Day of All Saints, I want to celebrate her.
Wind of Peace Church invites you to journey with us as we seek to connect with something greater than ourselves through faithful engagement in God's world...
Rachel Rev
About the Author
Rev. Rachel (or Rachel Rev, as her housemates call her) is the planter/visionary pastor of Wind of Peace Church, a progressive new church start-up in Chicago's South Loop neighborhood, steps from downtown. In addition, Rachel is a consultant and community organizer for The Interfaith Alliance. So yes, Rachel has, not one, but two jobs, that give her the opportunity to work for justice and to share the news that life - and the world - can be radically different. Rachel is also a musician, a singer/songwriter who enjoys finding ways to wrap up bits of her spirituality and politics into 3-4 minutes of melodic beauty, harmonic transcendence, and groovy guitar licks. Unfortunately, Rachel has only been playing guitar for two years, and she hasn't quite nailed the guitar licks yet. However, she does like writing songs and singing pretty. When not preaching on street corners (Wind of Peace doesn't have a building - or even a congregation - yet), working in the community, or singing about God and the world, Rachel enjoys reading, knitting, peace activism, writing, karaoke, Sudoku, yoga, old bookstores, baseball (she's a lifelong Astros fan), and exploring the Windy City. Rachel holds degrees from Baylor University and Princeton Theological Seminary. Sometimes her arms get tired, and she can't hold them up any longer, and then she has to hang the diplomas on her wall or put them in storage. But she is working on her upper body strength.
Peace & Justice, Ecumenical, Interfaith, and Other Faith-Inspiring Links
- The Interfaith Alliance
- First Freedom First Campaign
- The One Campaign
- Center for Progressive Christianity
- The Door
- The Christian Century
- Amnesty International
- School of the Americas Watch
- Habitat for Humanity
- The Heifer Project
- Protestants for the Common Good
- Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing
- Qumbya Housing Cooperative
And Additional Blogs That Challenge Me, Inspire Me and/or Just Make Me Smile/Think/Laugh
- bad idea
- beyond assumptions
- a cat and twenty
- Divine Artistic Madness: A Bipolar Adventure
- Dynamics of Cats
- God save us from the innocent and the good
- Life Unfolding
- Man Seeking the Divine
- new north
- Pharyngula
- postsecret
- REFUGE: one seeker's journey
- The Russellian Incorporated Innovations Corporation
- Sexuality and Religion: What's the Connection?
- Shawna R. B. Atteberry
- spelled with a "Y"
- The World's Fair
Other Cool Young Disciples Ministers Who Have Wandered into the Blogosphere
- "News from the church down the street" - Audrey (Tennessee)
- "God Help Us!" - Ayanna (Illinois)
- "BC's Blog" - Brian (Texas)
- "On writing, faith, popular culture, and social justice" - Christian (Colorado)
- "Rethinking Youth Ministry" - Jacob & Brian (Missouri)
- "All Day to Get There" - Jason (Indiana)
- "Seamless" - Josh (Louisiana)
- "Thoughts on God...and Other Stuff" - Kory (Illinois)
- "Table of Grace" - Molly (California)
- "Making Disciples in an Emerging Church" - William (Maryland)
Disciples Links
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Oh, for the record...
...I don't pretend to have all of the answers. I am just another seeker on a spiritual quest, wanting to share my thoughts, ask my questions, and hopefully spark some conversations. If you disagree with anything I write, say something. I imagine I have much more to learn from you that you do from me. So challenge me. Ask questions. And let's see if we can't find answers together.
...the postings on this blog do not necessarily reflect the views of the city of Chicago, residents of the South Loop neighborhood, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) denomination, or even the faith community Wind of Peace. Rather the contents of this blog are simply the musings of the minister, the ponderings of the pastor, the reflections of the reverend... Any more alliterations? Oh, the sharing of the shepherd. Um, that's it. In other words, the thoughts, opinions, and ramblings posted here are mine, all mine.
- Rachel Rev
...the postings on this blog do not necessarily reflect the views of the city of Chicago, residents of the South Loop neighborhood, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) denomination, or even the faith community Wind of Peace. Rather the contents of this blog are simply the musings of the minister, the ponderings of the pastor, the reflections of the reverend... Any more alliterations? Oh, the sharing of the shepherd. Um, that's it. In other words, the thoughts, opinions, and ramblings posted here are mine, all mine.
- Rachel Rev
4 comments:
Hi Rachel, Great example. Great idea, this blog! Paula
i really like this entry. what a wonderful real live saint.
Be not afraid! Who knew how mundane the examples could be.
What a great story!
Welcome to the RevGals!
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