Resting in the trenches
Paulina Machi
October 26, 2024
This season I’m learning that my peacemaking practice must come from a place of rest. Rest in my identity: mama, partner, daughter (earthbound and heaven),
This season I’m learning that my peacemaking practice must come from a place of rest. Rest in my identity: mama, partner, daughter (earthbound and heaven),
The trenches of my peacemaking work are sometime literal, rather than metaphorical, trenches. Working in the world of vehicle residents occasionally involves actual ditches, but
It’s near the deadline for these questions in anticipation of the retreat and I think the “trenches” of my peacemaking are linked to my delayed
Well, I’m sitting at a table just in view of gate A10 at Seatac, with about an hour until boarding my flight to Chicago, then
The night before the immersion, I was a nervous wreck. I couldn’t sleep, and I was awake for most of the night staring at my
Othering’s another thing that I still need to work on. That’s for dang sure! Reflect on what causes you to “other” another. Here’s a very
Deep breath. This has been a difficult module for me. I see myself as a peacemaker and like to think of myself as someone who
Oof. That’s what I have to say: Oof. I don’t like to think of myself as a person who “others” my neighbors. I like
This is a hard topic. I don’t like to think about who I other, because very often, I am pushing away traits I recognize in
When I first started to think about engaging with the concept of Christian Nationalism, I didn’t think it would really apply to me. I had