Patrick B. Reyes CV 2024

2023-2024AcademicCalendar

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Virginia UMC Annual Conference Alumni Luncheon

…Ridge Hotel and Conference Center during the United Methodist Virginia Annual Conference. In addition to the lunch we will be having a guest speaker, Union Presbyterian Seminary President Brian Blount. Join us for a great lecture, delicious food, and a chance to mingle with other alumni. Tickets are $15 for alumni and friends, students can attend for free. REGISTER NOW…

Union president to receive humanitarian award

…Tennessee Bank E. Ayn Welleford, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Gerontology, Virginia Commonwealth University The Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities works with schools, businesses, and communities to achieve success by addressing prejudices, in all forms, to improve academic achievement, increase workplace productivity, and enhance local trust. A list of past honorees can be found on the center’s website.  …

The Gospel of Matthew: Challenges and Resources for Preachers Today

…for the life of discipleship: does Matthew really expect us to live like this? Many parables in Matthew contain graphic images of judgment and violence: how may we faithfully interpret such passages? This Gospel, often described as “the most Jewish” of the gospel narratives, is at the same time filled with hostile rhetoric toward Jesus’ (and Matthew’s) Jewish contemporaries: how…

Statement by Union Seminary faculty on oppression, systemic racism in U.S.

…of color in our respective fields Forthrightly examine our own practices of teaching and learning, student and faculty recruitment, curricular design, and faculty support and evaluation in order to identify, acknowledge, and transform any that are complicit in the reinforcing of systemic racism Maintain a continually updated list of local groups committed to social justice and actionable items for social…

Tricia Vesely: Finding Union, Handstands, and Hebrew

…Hebrew learner at Calvin Theological Seminary in Michigan. She was terrified and tried to put it off as long as possible. Classes with a great professor there eventually changed her feelings so much that she later became a teaching assistant to Union Associate Professor of Bible and Biblical Languages E. Carson Brisson. “Learning Hebrew opened my eyes to the complexity…

Alt-right rally: Tangible resistance to hatred & evil

…am daily learning what it means to serve Christ in this complex world, to work for justice, and to share God’s love because of the examples the folks of this church provide. For some time leading up to the rally, I had been in prayer and conversation regarding my engagement, but it was a conversation with Ken Henry, my colleague,…

Union Presbyterian Seminary Charlotte Campus Commencement

Congregational Corner: Where is the Kingdom of God?

…of the unity, equality, compassion, grace, peace, safety, freedom, and LOVE which is being called for EVERY SINGLE TIME these calls are made, then what good will it do to only stand up and speak out when something goes wrong? Who will listen to us if we let our calls expire as the news story changes? If your pastor doesn’t…

Gems for the Journey: Justice or Injustice

…as a positive description of himself. He found himself in good company with a list of extremists. A few of those he named include: Jesus, the Son of the living God, who was a living and dying example of unselfish love; Amos who proclaimed that the people of God were to do justice and live a righteous life; President Abraham…

Congregational Corner: What makes you strong

…in theory, but what could I do to really strengthen that so that the system was more supportive than “hanging in there”? On the young adult side (which was quickly growing into young adults and families), there was nothing. This is a newer component and was taking a great deal of time with very little support system. I quickly set…

APCE 2019: Revived at the Water’s Edge

This is post 6 of 6 in the series “APCE 2019” APCE 2019: Anticipation APCE 2019: “Come to the Water” APCE 2019: The tide is changing APCE 2019: Engaging young Christians in social justice APCE 2019: How does Jesus respond to generational suffering? APCE 2019: Revived at the Water’s Edge BY MARCY WRIGHT “Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the…

Central America Travel Seminar: Buzzing over Guatemalan coffee and a volcano 🌋

…flutes and drums. They also play string instruments that were taught to them by the Spanish. After listening to some music, we entered a replica of the House of Mashimun from Santiago. Mashimun is a Mayan god. Select Mayans take care of the house for a year. People will come with their offerings of money, alcohol, and cigarettes. The house…

Confession, Repentance, and Restorative Justice

…Conversation) The broader community had the opportunity to attend a talk during which Dr. Lapsley discussed her work at Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS), where, based on the findings of a historical audit of the seminary’s connections to slavery, she helped lead the institution in transforming its commitments and curriculum to address a history of racial disparity. Dr. Lapsley opened her…

Black Religious Education and Public Ministry

…seriously a public ministry emphasis in religious education focused on personal, sociocultural, political, and spiritual crises. The book is organized into eight chapters with nine contributors—Anne Wimberly (Interdenominational Theological Center), Nathaniel West (Virginia Union University), Annie Lockhart-Gilroy (Phillips Theological Seminary) Nancy Lynne Westfield (Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning), Joseph V. Crockett (Friendship Press), Sarah F. Farmer (Indiana Wesleyan University),…

Our Mandate for Justice: Inside and Outside of the Seminary

…as it is in heaven.” Our concern as Christian community is in part the realization of God’s will. I am sure that comes as no surprise to anyone. What is perhaps more surprising is the second part of this phrase, that calls for God’s will to be done not in Heaven, not on some future day in a distant ethereal…

Public Theology Forum on Sept. 17 Offers Practical Ideas for Advocacy to Community Leaders

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 14, 2022 Public Theology Forum on Sept. 17 Offers Practical Ideas for Advocacy to Community Leaders Richmond, VA – This Saturday, Union Presbyterian Seminary offers its first Public Theology Forum. From 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., pastors, community activists, nonprofit leaders, and Seminary faculty will share how they engage in prophetic witness to current issues. Dr. Rachel Baard,…

Middle East Travel Seminar: A day of memory, history, hope… and sweets!

…complex includes an exhibition on the history and experience of the Jewish community in Europe and North Africa during the time of the Nazis, a hall of memory, remembrance gardens, and a children’s hall of remembrance. We explored the galleries and gardens at our own pace, which allowed each of us to pause and ponder, taking in the images, voices,…

Central America Travel Seminar: Illiteracy, human rights, and deportation

…As an example, they allow students to express theological and complex thought through drawings. Its three main principles are: Woman are human-beings, they do reflect the image of God, and they deserve equality and equity. There is a great deal of progress that still must be made, but CEDEPCA’s work is helping to further liberate women. We then went to…

Reformation Tour: Luther the disrupter

…for parallels between events in history and goings-on in today’s world. When I think of Martin Luther, the word “disrupter” comes to mind. An attempt to explain follows. The internet has drastically changed our lives. It is a technology that, coupled with cellular mobile devices, has facilitated changes in how we communicate, shop, get our news, entertain ourselves, and learn….