Rev. Jesse Jackson Joins United Methodist Leaders at Occupy Service What do Drew, Jesse Jackson and Newt Gingrich have in common? Here are two video clips from Drew Today, the university’s online news channel, illustrating the political spectrum of faculty, students and alumni: (http://drew.edu/today) Prayers and Protest Social justice is integral to the mission of the Theological School and its Shalom initiative, so it wasn’t so out of the ordinary that they led last
Jesse Jackson support Obery Hendricks speaking at OSW Dr. Obery Hendricks, Professor of New Testament Intepretation at New York Theological Semianry, Scholar in Residence at Columbia University, and author of The Politics of Jesus, attended the Occupy Advent service with Jesse Jackson and was invited to speak. “Treat the people’s needs as holy…” is one of seven strategies Jesus used to “give a voice to the voiceless” and “expose the workings of oppression” —to challenge the
Friends of Shalom: I want to share with you three shalom stories that were posted this week on Drew’s Homepage: http://www.drew.edu/ Feature on Drew Shalom intern, Gaius Charles, on how he balances his acting career and seminary studies. $85,000 grant received last month from Jessie Ball duPont Fund for ShalomZone Training enhancements. Jessie Jackson Joins us at OWS video clip I posted more news coverage, video clips, content, and reflection on our Occupy Advent service last week. http://michael-christensen.blogspot.com/search/label/shalom%20zone
