There's no such thing as a fruit grown without a root. — Ken Sehested
At the intersection of spiritual formation and prophetic action.
by Ken Sehested
24 September 2018
Last week I wrote a quick note to my friend Kyle, who gets as excited about baptism as I do, to share the news.
“We’re baptizing seven of our youth group this coming Sunday. Is it OK to brag about this?” Read more ›
by Ken Sehested
It would be a stretch to say he was a friend. More like an acquaintance in his far-flung orbit of fellow pilgrims who looked to him for light.
We corresponded off and on for more than a decade. He was generous to people he barely knew, and was known throughout his life for kindness to those with whom he disagreed.
I looked forward to his occasional posts on Facebook, with off the cuff commentary on current events. In our last correspondence, he responded to some material I wrote about Muriel Lester, who has a front row seat in my personal cloud of witnesses. David wrote to say that he drove Lester all over Southern California on one of her speaking tours many years ago. Read more ›
by Ken Sehested
26 August 2018
I have disagreed with US Sen. John McCain on a whole range of issues over many years. We see the world in profoundly different ways. (And I say this without the slightest hint of having a fraction of his stature.)
However, he is numbered in a rare breed of politicians of his generation—or mine, or any in my memory—who has displayed more character and integrity, the willingness to be guided, more often than not, by moral principle rather than profit or political expediency. Read more ›
by Ken Sehested
“Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer . . . who says Cyrus [“the Great,” 6th century BCE ruler of Persia,
modern day Iran, who freed the Jews from Babylonian captivity] is my shepherd and he shall carry out
all my purpose” for he is my “anointed” [the same word later used for Jesus in the Newer Testament].
—Isaiah 44:28-45:1
It’s quite possible that the last two days’ headlining spat between the US and Iran may be Trump’s desire to distract public attention from his domestic c
hallenges. It is not inconceivable that, as some are saying, he’s willing to go to war with Iran in order to get reelected. Read more ›
by Ken Sehested
We must be prepared.
Things are likely to get worse
before they get better. We
must listen to the news,
from a variety of sources.
But we must not draw our
bearings from that news.
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In the Land of the Willing: Litanies, Prayers, Poems, and Benedictions
Foreword by Walter Brueggemann
by Ken Sehested, author/editor, prayer&politiks
In the Land of the Living: Prayers Personal and Public
by Ken Sehested, author/editor, prayer&politiks
Peace Primer II
by Ken Sehested, Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, founder, Shomer Shalom Network for Jewish Nonviolence, and Chaplain Rabia Terri Harris, Muslim scholar and founder of the Muslim Peace Fellowship. Wipf & Stock Publishers.
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