(Iowa) Destiny Magnett Guest Sermon at Grinnell UCC
On Sunday, September 13th CMEP programs and outreach manager, Destiny Magnett joined Grinnell UCC for the kickoff of their program year, offering a guest sermon on the Parable of the Lost Sheep (Matthew 18:10-14). Her sermon focused on the sacredness of children, non-typical interpretations of the parable, and related the gospel lesson of CMEP’s pursuit of just peace in Palestine. The sermon can be viewed here.
Destiny Magnett is the Programs and Outreach Manager at Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) where she serves as the primary liaison for church partners, leads much of CMEP’s online and in-person programming, and co-leads the regional coordinator program. Destiny holds a Master of Theological Studies Degree and Religion & Public Life Certificate from Harvard Divinity School, where her work focused on decoloniality, religious ethics, peacebuilding, and religion in the public sphere. She also holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from Grinnell College. Prior to joining CMEP, Destiny has experience working at the intersection of religion and peacebuilding in a variety of spheres, including the Office of International Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State, Search for Common Ground– Jordan, Harvard’s Office of Religion and Public Life, and on the digital humanities project Mapping Islamophobia. Destiny’s writing has appeared in Baptist News Global, the New Lines Institute, ChristianZionism.org, The Christian Century, and more. While born and raised in Kansas, she is now based in the Boston area.