Cities of Refuge (Numbers 35:9-15)- Nichola Torbett

Guest preacher Nichola Torbett continues our fall sermon series
by inviting us into God's vision for cities of refuge, found in
Numbers 35.


How might cities of refuge help break cycles of trauma and
violence by offering space for pause and ceasefire? How might we
both seek and become cities of refuge as a way to transmute the
suffering and violence of our world into love and freedom?





Nichola Torbett is a spiritual seeker, recovering
addict, gospel preacher, podcaster, writer, resistance fomenter,
dog-walker, nonviolent direct action trainer, and aspiring race
traitor. Driven by her passion for both spiritual formation and
social change, she co-founded Seminary of the Street, a training
academy for love warriors, in 2009 and Second Acts, a liturgical
direct action affinity group, in 2014. She is co-editor
of Resipiscence: a Lenten Devotional for Dismantling White
Supremacy and a frequent contributor to The Word Is
Resistance, a podcast from SURJ-Faith and SURJ-Action,
enfleshed, and radicaldiscipleship.net. She current serves
as associate director of Kirkridge Retreat & Study Center in
Eastern Pennsylvania.