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A Vicar in Portlandia

About Karen M. Ward, SCP

Karen M. Ward is a missionary Episcopal priest, community animator and arts curator in Portland, Oregon

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'That's Just the Way It Is' (for Black...

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'Get up off of your knees' - From...

The icon pictured above is of Our Lady of Ferguson written by Mark... read more


'From activity into action' SURJ - 4

This is the fourth in a series of posts about SURJ (Showing... read more


Nominee Trump: 'The Little Shop of Horrors' meets...

The news that Donald Trump is the presumptive nominee for president by... read more


'Let us covenant together' - How the church...

In How the church can SURJ 2- I began to outline principles... read more


'Change making includes risk taking' - How the...

In my first post on this topic I talked about how the methodology... read more


How the church can 'SURJ'

Recently, in my alter ego work as director of Portland Abbey Arts,... read more



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