Originally published in the E-Vangelist online magazine for St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church in Saint Paul, MN. This week, we continue our Season of Creation celebration alongside our Racial Reconciliation Eucharist. At first, these may seem like two separate themes, but together they invite us to explore how these areas of our ministry—caring for this Earth and healing from historical and ongoing racial injustice—are deeply entwined. Too often, environmental injust

Thank you, Beth Godbee , for the opportunity to share about our work together, as well as more of my story and work through Capacity for Changemakers. "I am excited to introduce Sarah Gettel , a good friend and accountability partner who’s been working behind the scenes with Heart-Head-Hands: Everyday Living for Justice .  "Sarah and I met in 2019, soon after I’d left my faculty career, through mutual contacts engaged in racial justice organizing in Madison and Milwaukee, Wis

This is an excerpt from an interview by the University of Michigan School of Social Work. "Sarah Gettel’s interest in community organizing began in her hometown of Grafton, Wisconsin, north of Milwaukee. 'I grew up with little awareness of what it means to be white in America,' she says. 'While I saw racial segregation in my own community and as a volunteer in Milwaukee schools, it wasn’t until college that I recognized my white privilege and how racism operates today.' "Afte