by Rebekah Simon-Peter | Dec 14, 2015
Good news is emerging from Paris, even as the City of Light continues to clear away wreckage from recent deadly terror attacks. In a Parisian suburb, top leaders from around the globe—faith-based and heads of state, poor and rich, small and large, developing and...
by Rebekah Simon-Peter | Sep 8, 2015
Once upon a time, I was a young clergy person. I was full of passion and verve, hope and vision. My call was fresh. My courage was strong. The first church I served, an African-American congregation, was every bit as exciting as I’d hoped it would be. But as I...
by Rebekah Simon-Peter | Aug 10, 2015
“Love God, and love your neighbor.” Those six words are familiar from the parable of the Good Samaritan, and they are at the core of Judeo-Christian ethics. Any church that seeks to be faithful will want to address the complicated meaning of that short...
by Rebekah Simon-Peter | Jun 22, 2015
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the dreams of Jesus. Not his night time dreams. But the dream that drove him day by day. It was never far from his awareness. He talked about it, taught about it, and prayed about it. Both his healings and his post-resurrection...
by Rebekah Simon-Peter | Apr 21, 2015
The following article was written by Susan Passi-Klaus for umc.org and shared with permission. The Rev. Rebekah Simon-Peter began to understand that, for her, taking care of the world is not just an ecological issue, but a moral and spiritual issue. “It...
by Rebekah Simon-Peter | Feb 9, 2015
‘Tis the season of red: red hearts, red candy, red cards, red bows, red boxes of chocolates…all for Valentine’s Day. I love red as much as the next person, but when it comes to how followers of Jesus show love, I believe green is the new red. In...
