Jeannie hails from the lush suburbs of San Diego, where it is just as common to see birds of paradise growing along the freeway as it is to see a gleaming red arrow pointing you to hamburger heaven, otherwise known as In-N-Out. By the time she graduated high school, the comforts of home proved to be too, well, comfortable! And so she left to brave the frigid winters of Pittsburgh, where she studied English literature and professional writing at Carnegie Mellon University. After four years, the masochist in her decided she needed to subject herself to more bad weather, and so she moved to Wheaton, Ill., to study American church history at Wheaton College. There she learned that while cold is bad, cold plus wind is even worse. She returned home, hung up her down parka, and finally entered the working world as an editor at Outreach Magazine and youth pastor at Temecula Calvary Korean Church. After many late deadline nights and trips to Pinkberry with her students, God called her to Sojourners in Washington, D.C. She couldn’t be happier.
These days, Jeannie spends most of her time fiddling with syntax, thinking up new web initiatives, and learning from veteran Sojourners editors. Her idea of a perfect afternoon includes black coffee, a good book, and her magnificent sister.
Posts By This Author
Voices from the Gulf: Victims of the BP Oil Spill Respond
The God’s Politics blog launched “Voices From the Gulf” — a series of blo
Songs of Freedom
Resources on Christians and the Middle East
Read our continued blog coverage on Christians and the Middle East.
Friday Links Round-Up
Friday Links Round-Up
Friday Links Round-Up
Missing God. Modern day slavery. A crawfisher turned crooner. Here's a little round-up of links from the web you may have missed this week:
Friday Links Round-Up
Friday Links Round-Up
Black Women's Dollar
African-American women own significantly less wealth than any other social demographic, according to a report by the Insight Center for Community Economic Development.
Interview With Richard Rohr
Richard Rohr is founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a Franciscan priest of the New Mexico Province.
Friday Links Round-Up
Friday Links Round-Up
Audio reading and interview with Richard Schiffman
Richard Schiffman is a poet and writer who splits his time between New York City and New Mexico. In the audio below he reads and shares about his poem, Flimsy Ribbon.
Climate Change Generation?
Younger generations are less concerned and preoccupied by global warming than older generations, according to a new study by American, Yale, and George Mason universities.
Resources on Christians and the Environment
Here is a list of resources from Sojourners that will help further develop an understanding of Christian ethics and the environment.
Articles:
Plan Effective Short-Term Missions
Every summer, with bags packed and immunization shots received, thousands of hopeful short-term “missionaries” from the United Sates venture to distant lands with a vision to change the
Sojourners Magazine Wins Top Magazine Honors
Interview with Katherine Paterson on faith, writing for children, and higher things
Katherine Paterson is the author of more than 30 books for young readers.
Sojourners Cover Story on Race and the Emerging Church Already Making Waves
[Read more of this blog conversation in response to the Sojourners article "Is the 'Emerging Church' for Whites Only?"]
'Reverend Billy' Demands Freedom for the Captives
With his blonde pompadour flying in the cold January sky, activist and performance artist “Reverend Billy” Talen preached through a megaphone outside of the Varick Federal Detention Fac