This reflection on Romans 12: 1-6a was offered by Nichola Torbett at the June Wild Church service at Kirkridge. Today we are celebrating queer liberation, which is an embodiment of this mandate “not to be conformed” to the world as it is currently structured, to uphold the power and privileges of an elite few. Queerness […]
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I am writing this as a white person who sometimes gets stuck in my efforts to speak up about racism, cede control, pass the mic, and/or take action to dismantle white supremacy. If, as you read this, it feels like I’m pointing a finger at you, please know there are four fingers pointing back at
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Sometimes the confrontation between love and desecration is so intense that, according to scripture, even the stones will cry out. This is such a time. As we publish this, 1.4 million Palestinian refugees are camping out, without adequate food or water, in Rafah as a US-backed Israel prepares to attack the city. We are loathe
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On Tuesday night, members and friends of the Kirkridge residential community held a vigil for a ceasefire in Israel/Palestine in downtown Stroudsburg, PA. We will vigil every Tuesday night at 4:30pm, and all who long for a ceasefire are welcome to join us. It is good to be together in this time. Our hearts are
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By Nichola Torbett “Why didn’t I do something sooner?” That was the question I kept asking myself when the racial healing retreat here at Kirkridge ruptured last week. It was almost but not quite the right question. The rupture, as it turned out, was the precursor to real intimacy and a way forward that is
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Today, in a spirit of humility, we at Kirkridge mark Juneteenth, a national holiday celebrating the end of an institution that should never have existed and that ended, for far too many, long after the Emancipation Proclamation. There are those who say it never ended. We have far to go until we see racial justice in
June 30th marks the end of our fiscal year. We’ve had a year that stretched us, challenged us, and grew us in to who we are. We offer our 2020 annual report, to our community, as a view of the work we have accomplished through the past year at Kirkridge. You will find within its
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Recently it dawned on me that I was in seminary before President Gerald Ford in 1976 called upon the nation to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” As a white person I am keenly aware that American History is taught through
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On Sunday, November 1st, Kirkridge held its first virtual Fall Festival & Fundraiser with over 100 participants and countless moments of joy, hope, and togetherness. We hope to continue this community commitment to generosity to ourselves and each other throughout 2020. To view the fall festival and fundraiser, please click here. To support Kirkridge’s legacy,
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You are invited to a special virtual Celebration — a gathering of all who have come to Kirkridge! At Kirkridge, our hearts are full. People have come from far and wide over the past months for new and spirit-filled on-line programming. We would love for you to meet one another and celebrate our wide, expansive
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