by leekosa | Sep 2, 2022 | Blog
His Body Dismembered This poem and the image below were created as part of a trauma exercise to process an event you can read about on my post “On Conflict, Pain, & Composting.” “Which Jesus do you follow?” the executive asked the woman holding a... 
by leekosa | Aug 10, 2022 | Blog
On Conflict, Pain, & Composting: Reflections on the Worst Church Year of my Life Since May, 2021 I have been involved in a conflict with my former denomination – The British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (BCMB). This conflict led to me being... 
by leekosa | Aug 9, 2022 | Blog
Led to the Wilderness This drawing and poem were created as part of a trauma exercise to process an event you can read about on my post “On Conflict, Pain, & Composting.” I walked out of the sanctuary saying,“I’m done.”“I’m done.” The Spirit of the... 
by leekosa | Aug 9, 2022 | Blog
Metabolizing Trauma This reflection was written after participating in a land-based exercise assigned as part of a course on the Wilderness Prophets and Climate Crisis taught by Laurel Dykstra. During this season of unemployment, a break from pastoral ministry, and... 
by leekosa | Aug 9, 2022 | Blog
Fugitive Church Throughout church history, small groups of Christians have fled to the margins to escape the violence of Empire, misuse of power, and powers that threatened to undermine the way and witness of Jesus. In the 4th century, anchorites (literally... 
by leekosa | Aug 9, 2022 | Blog
Stranger Things & White Evangelical Supremacy Perhaps the most terrifying character in Stranger Things Season 4 is Jason Carver, the white, handsome, well-spoken, captain of the Hawkins High basketball team who is equally comfortable with a microphone or gun in...