Picture it, Uppsala 1968! Fifty years ago, in July 1968, the nascent World Council of Churches (WCC) held its fourth Assembly in Sweden. Under the…
Catching Light
Muriel Schmid, Director of Programs
I am eager to participate in the dialogue that has been at the heart of JFM’s experience. Feel free to respond and react to this blog as I envision it to be a platform for exchanges ([email protected]). I like the idea that we are all trying to catch light, reflect it wherever we are, while slowly turning our heads towards it!
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Crossing Oceans
The other day, I traveled from Kentucky all the way to Southern Sicily. I took three different planes, then rented a car and drove to…
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Learn Spanish!
“And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.” ~Deuteronomy 10:19~ This year’s Ecumenical Advocacy Days (EAD) were…
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A Clean Bill of Health
I am coming out of a medical leave and a cancer scare. I am among the lucky ones: after all the necessary tests, my tumors…
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Peace of News
In a recent speech, the Pope talked about peace journalism! This is probably unprecedented. In the summer of 2012, I spent 3 months in a…
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What are we waiting for?
This past Sunday, December 3, marked the first Advent Sunday of the 2017 Christmas season. Advent is the beginning of the liturgical year, this is…
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Ecclesia semper reformanda.
Many years ago, shortly after Germany’s reunification, I went on a 10-day trip with my colleagues from my theology department, following Luther’s footsteps. Inevitably, one…
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A Time for Everything
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens… ~Ecclesiastes 3:1~ In the Northern hemisphere, October marks the celebration…
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The Longest War
I remember my history classes, sometime in high school I guess, when we learned about the Hundred Years’ War that opposed France and England between…
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An Iroquois on the Roof
I am just coming back from a visit to my homeland, Switzerland and I am reminded that today, August 1, marks the Swiss National Holiday…