scholarship, spirituality, and peacemaking in real life
What I’m About
Love is my religion.
“Owe no one anything, except to love each other. For the one who loves another has fulfilled the teaching.”
Love is for everyone, regardless of where they’re at spiritually, politically, or otherwise.
Reconciliation is my vocation.
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.”
I live to see people flourishing in rekinciled communities.
Jesus is my King.
I live my life and do my peacemaking with a Jesus-centered orientation, without excluding anyone of other faiths in the discussions or the work.
scholarship + practice
Both my life and scholarship are about creating new conversations, and asking better questions about what it means to be human. My research focuses on creating a three-way conversation between secular violence studies, theology and spirituality, and diverse cultures
But I can’t divorce research from real life. My scholarship steps into the streets, and the streets come into my scholarship. I live a real life of peacemaking, advocacy, and recovering fresh articulations of ancient spiritual truths.
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compassion
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spirituality
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action
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interfaith
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God in the streets
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Jesus-centered ethics
✴︎ compassion ✴︎ spirituality ✴︎ action ✴︎ interfaith ✴︎ God in the streets ✴︎ Jesus-centered ethics
You can see me best through what I do!
Intellectual and theological work is important, but what does it look like with hands and feet? What does it look like in the streets, the highways and the byways? The best way to see me is to see what I’m up to in real life.