Comments on: Brandon’s Pecha Kucha

By: Brandon Bleek

Brandon Bleek — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 00:18:37 +0000

In reply to Jen Manlief. They definitely shouldn't!

By: Brandon Bleek

Brandon Bleek — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 00:17:55 +0000

In reply to Lin Preiss NA-22. Lin, thanks! And I'm super interested in your world over there in Spokane. I'm poised to leave my position at my church in the end of March and have thought a lot about being a chaplain. Would love ot hear more about that road and what you love about it!

By: Lin Preiss NA-22

Lin Preiss NA-22 — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 21:57:04 +0000

Brandon, I am struck by many ways in which your descriptors are similar to my social location, including love of outdoors, creativity, family, the Presbyterian world, and your apparent itchiness to expand and engage with those outside your place of origin. I would love to hear more about how your experiences in the DR and Haiti inform your vision for “Gospel shaped justice” and what it looks like to engage with those living lives they don’t have to? I want you to unpack that more in this journey. I really look forward to walking this journey alongside you.

By: Jen Manlief

Jen Manlief — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 03:30:08 +0000

I am struck by the phrasing of “those who are living lives they shouldn’t have to” as I spend many days with people who are living very hard lives and they shouldn’t have to. There is an element of acknowledging that the struggle they are in is not their fault, which I think is very important. They SHOULN’T have to live this way.