Well well well, so you’ve decided to drop by my little blog post. Goody goody! Take a seat, put up your feet, rest your human meat. I’m Emlyn, as you know, but I think introductions are nice even if they’re repetitive. Plus my name is fun and quirky so I like to say it as […]
Corps Members
Meet Tiffany
3,000 miles. That is the amount I have driven since leaving my home in Waterloo, Iowa. I never expected taking a risk to travel and move so far away would allow me to still do things I love. I studied biochemistry and work at Durham Children’s Initiative. It doesn’t make much sense for me to […]
Feast of the Holy Name Sermon
The following sermon was preached by current corps member Ben Miller at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (Englewood, NJ) on January 1, 2021. The primary text was Colossians 2:6-12. It’s not just New Year’s Day (Happy New Year, by the way!) Today the wisdom of the Church appoints the Feast of the Holy Name, one of […]
Meet Abbey
Damn. What a year. If you told me at the beginning of 2020 that we would be living in a global pandemic, murder hornets would invade the continental United States, and an old, white man would be elected to the Presidency – ok, that last one isn’t all that surprising – I would have looked […]
Meet Matthew
The past several weeks have been some of the most life-giving times of my life. Perhaps “wilderness” is the best way to describe my life overall in the past several years. I have been immersed in a life-time of learning and making mistakes. I am constantly being reminded that it is not about men but […]
Meet Ben!
It is a universal cliché, in my estimation, to speak of community in one of either two frames of mind. The first romanticizes community life by presenting it as solution to all human ills, ignoring all the ways friends and neighbors betray one another in large and small matters in the name of their own interests, […]
Quarantation
On August 21 we welcomed our 20th cohort of young adult volunteers to the Triangle for a year of intentional community living and service. The welcome they received upon their arrival was unlike any other in our program’s history. A JSC staff member donned with a mask, thermometer, and plenty of hand sanitizer greeted each […]
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The Compass Center helps all people navigate their journey to self-sufficiency, safety, and health. They work in opposition to violence in all its forms and support those working to promote racial equality, racial justice, and systemic change in our community and in our country. They empower individuals and promote equal access to opportunity regardless of […]
Meet Reid!
I’ve been thinking a lot about warmth recently. Maybe it’s the arrival of an unusual summer, the change of seasons reminding us that time is still moving forward, despite the way in which life feels suspended by quarantine and social distancing. Maybe I’m thinking about warmth because I miss hugging my friends. Or maybe it’s […]
Meet Drew
Prior to JSC I was seeking an escape from the typical post-grad career pursuit. Every day it felt as if I was trapped in a race that had no end result. I knew that I needed a change of environment desperately. I needed to be in a situation that could provide me with space to […]