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October 23, 2015 · 12:35 pm

Here I Am: New Book is Released!

I have been looking forward to this book since I first learned it was being written. A lot of good people writing this important work. I look forward to reading it.

gracejisunkim's avatarGrace Ji-Sun Kim

here i amA new book, Here I Am: Faith Stories of Korean American Clergywomen(Philadelphia: Judson Press) is released today, October 20, 2015.

This is a special book as it was written in part to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Korean American Presbyterian Clergywoman (2015). Therefore, help us celebrate our anniversary and share the news of our book book.

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September 7, 2015 · 9:53 pm

Purple, not flowers – fake flowers, Montreat 1

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22 August 2015
Montreat Conference Center
Montreat, North Carolina

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July 18, 2015 · 3:13 pm

2015 Joint North-South Prayer and Worship Liturgy (8.15 Anniversary)

From my friends Kurt Esslinger and Hyeyoung Lee comes an opportunity to pray and witness for peace on the Korean Peninsula.

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ncck peace campaignThis coming August 15th, 2015 will mark 70 years since Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial control as well as Korea’s division into two zones based on the decision of US and Soviet Union officials (with Koreans conspicuously absent). Thus began a cycle of conflict and violence that Korea has yet to escape. Christians in South Korea first learned that Christians still lived in the open North despite severe restrictions on the practice of their faith. South and North Christians met face to face for the first time in 1988, despite it being illegal with participants risking arrest upon return to the South. Since then, South Koreans and Christians of the world helped convince the North to give Christians some breathing room to worship and practice in public, although full freedom to practice is still restricted. Since 1988, the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK – South) and the Korean…

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May 13, 2015 · 1:03 pm

NCCK Young Adults Peace March

An invitation from our partners in Korea to participate in a peace walk
2015 DMZ Walkathon for Peace and Reunification on the Korean Peninsula
Christian Young Adults,
Harvesting Peace from the Site of Division
Dates: July 20(Mon.) – 25(Sat.), 2015

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This coming July, my partner, the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) is inviting Korean young adults residing around the world to participate in a Peace March week long program on Korea’s division, war, and hope for reconciliation. They are especially interested in Korean Americans participating, and they have asked me to send a special invite to Korean Americans in the PC(USA). They hope this will be a significant time, the 70th anniversary of Korea’s division, for Korean residents in other countries to encourage their communities to join the movement for reconciliation on the Korean peninsula. It is VERY SHORT notice, I am afraid, so if you have this week free in July, please jump on this. Details below!

2015 DMZ Walkathon for Peace and Reunification on the Korean Peninsula

Christian Young Adults,
Harvesting Peace from the Site of Division

Dates: July 20(Mon.) – 25(Sat.), 2015
*The actual program…

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April 28, 2015 · 12:39 pm

Charm City Blues: Baltimore and trauma-informed community

Reflections on Baltimore by Derrick Weston. Much to ponder.

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February 7, 2015 · 2:57 pm

Voices from the Border and Beyond – a few more articles

My friend and colleague Amanda Craft provides some links to information about a recent Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) travel study seminar that explored issues related to immigration in the U.S., Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador.

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A few more articles have been posted by the Presbyterian News Service about the travel study seminar focused on immigration – Voices from the Border and Beyond.  The two articles talk more deeply about the border between Mexico and Guatemala and the group’s time in Guatemala and El Salvador.  You can view them by clicking the titles below:

1. Two women, two borders, one cause:  In witnessing the plight of thousands of Central American migrants seeking hope along dangerous paths, two women offer a temporary home for the homeless. Written by Paul Seebach and posted on Feb. 2, 2015.

2. Dreams and dangers: For many migrants, the lure of a better life means risking countless perils.  Written by Paul Seebach and posted on Feb. 4, 2015.

I also wanted to draw your attention to another article on Presbyterian News Service.  This one highlights the work at one of the Presbyterian Border Region…

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January 19, 2015 · 9:24 am

Martin Luther King Jr. recordings uncovered

The Presbyterian Historical Society recently uncovered several recordings of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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January 9, 2015 · 11:01 am

Purple flowers, Hampton Inn, Louisville

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Even the purple flowers think it is cold.
9 January 2015
Hampton Inn
Louisville, Kentucky

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December 25, 2014 · 11:30 am

Purple-ish (stained glass) flowers, Cleveland Art Museum

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20 December 2014
Cleveland Art Museum
Cleveland, Ohio

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December 19, 2014 · 7:10 pm

‘I Can’t Breathe’: Eric Garner’s Last Words Symbolize Our Predicament

gracejisunkim's avatarGrace Ji-Sun Kim

breatheThis is my latest Huffington Post piece called, “I Can’t Breathe”.  It is co-written with Rev. Jesse Jackson.  Please share.

When Eric Garner was held in a chokehold on Staten Island on July 17, 2014, by New York City police officer Daniel Panteleo, he yelled 11 times, “I can’t breathe.” The medical examiner’s office ruled Garner’s death a

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