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The Fast is Over, Still Much Work to be Done

Bruce Reyes-Chow / 2 Jul 2025 / 2 minutes read

The Fast is Over, Still Much Work to be Done

40-Day Fast for Gaza Daily-ish Updates Compilation Video

E71: Faith in the Snake Pit: Pastor Jacob Buchholz on Reality TV & Radical Inclusion

podcast episodes

Bruce Reyes-Chow / 23 Jun 2025 / 1 minute read

E71: Faith in the Snake Pit: Pastor Jacob Buchholz on Reality TV & Radical Inclusion

Pre-Season Episode with Pastor Jacob Buchholz, "The Pastor" on "The Snake"

Update: Holden Village, the 40-Day Fast for Gaza, and Productivity

Bruce Reyes-Chow / 21 Jun 2025 / 3 minutes read

Update: Holden Village, the 40-Day Fast for Gaza, and Productivity

A quick check-in for subscribers and friends

Happy Pride from a Random Presbyterian, Christian Pastor!

Bruce Reyes-Chow / 6 Jun 2025 / 2 minutes read

Happy Pride from a Random Presbyterian, Christian Pastor!

A few words of affirmation, lament, and love during Pride Month 2025!

Daily Updates: 40-Day Fast for Gaza

Bruce Reyes-Chow / 22 May 2025 / 4 minutes read

Daily Updates: 40-Day Fast for Gaza

Where I'll share my daily reflections and thoughts about the Fast for Gaza.

Join Me? Gaza 40-Day Fast and 22-Mile Pilgrimage

Bruce Reyes-Chow / 19 May 2025 / 4 minutes read

Join Me? Gaza 40-Day Fast and 22-Mile Pilgrimage

Two ways that I am going to keep hoping and trying.

Featured posts

pride

Happy Pride from a Random Presbyterian, Christian Pastor!

A few words of affirmation, lament, and love during Pride Month 2025!

6 Jun 2025 ⸱ by Bruce Reyes-Chow

My Memorial Service

An invitation for us all to help our loved ones grieve at the time of our death

26 Oct 2024 ⸱ by Bruce Reyes-Chow

Today, There is Crying in Baseball.

Grateful, Grieving, and Being so Pissed off at John Fisher that Major League Baseball is Now Dead to Us

28 Sep 2024 ⸱ by Bruce Reyes-Chow

The Grief, Disappointment, and Inevitability of Losing Acquaintances and Colleagues

And the joy, hope, and inspiration made known through co-conspirators and accomplices

28 Aug 2024 ⸱ by Bruce Reyes-Chow

A Letter from My Great-great-great-great-grandchild, Cruz

An exercise in remembering that we fight for justice because we believe it's possible.

20 Aug 2024 ⸱ by Bruce Reyes-Chow

Happy Pride from a Random Presbyterian, Christian Pastor!

My Memorial Service

Today, There is Crying in Baseball.

The Grief, Disappointment, and Inevitability of Losing Acquaintances and Colleagues

A Letter from My Great-great-great-great-grandchild, Cruz

Neutrality will not save us.

Previous articles

Be Someone's Radical Auntie

Bruce Reyes-Chow / 18 May 2025 / 4 minutes read

Be Someone's Radical Auntie

Reflections on those who form us and our privilege and obligation to do the same.

My Month in Palestine: The Horrible & The Holy

Bruce Reyes-Chow / 12 May 2025 / 2 minutes read

My Month in Palestine: The Horrible & The Holy

Re-Recorded talk and slides from my Presentation and Q&R on May 10, 2025

Privilege, Perseverance, and Running My First Half-Marathon

Bruce Reyes-Chow / 4 May 2025 / 5 minutes read

Privilege, Perseverance, and Running My First Half-Marathon

Some thoughts on the luxury, gift, and hope of fitness on the back half of my life

What We Do Makes a Difference. Period.

Bruce Reyes-Chow / 2 May 2025 / 4 minutes read

What We Do Makes a Difference. Period.

Why I hope when I am overwhelmed by hopelessness.

INVITATION: "The Horrible and the Holy" A Report Back from my Time in Palestine

Bruce Reyes-Chow / 27 Apr 2025 / 1 minute read

INVITATION: "The Horrible and the Holy" A Report Back from my Time in Palestine

A Presentation and Question & Response time from my time in Palestine

The + Friday + Five: 04.25.25 | Recommendations

Bruce Reyes-Chow / 25 Apr 2025 / 4 minutes read

The + Friday + Five: 04.25.25 | Recommendations

Seeking recommendations about five random things: race prep, webcams, notion, podcasts, and content ideas