Tamara and I attended the Pharr Literacy Project Festival on Saturday, July 17, 2010. We were happy to meet another seminarian, Yvette Murrain. Yvette is a 3rd year MDIV Student at Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, NJ. Yvette will be working here in the Valley for 10 weeks as a part of the Communities of [...]
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Buenas Noticias
In our time here on the border we have been working with Ed Krueger, a minister, community organizer, and passionate advocate for justice. For the last 30 years, since before I was born, he has been organizing with women in northern Mexico spreading the “Buenas Noticias” or “Good News” of workers rights (already laid out [...]
Tamales and Gratitude
In January when we visited the Rio Grande Valley, one of the highlights was meeting local families from an area “colonia” (see previous post for definition of colonia) and spending an evening sharing stories and dinner. On that evening I was paired with a young girl, about 11 years old, who was vivacious, smart, curious, [...]
“It’s not about winning, it’s about being faithful…”
So I am here in South Texas ~ in the Valley of Texas ~ in the borderlands between the United States and Mexico. Many have asked why are you going? What will you be doing? How will this impact your work as a seminarian? These are all valid questions and I honestly don’t think I [...]
