On Sunday, July 13, CMEP Programs and Outreach Manager Destiny Magnett joined Rock Spring UCC (Arlington, VA) to deliver a guest sermon as part of their series “Unshaken: Holding Fast in a World on Fire”. Destiny’s sermon used stories from the work of CMEP and inspiration from the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) to show how each of us can strive to be better neighbors by resisting apathy, showing kindness, and acting with mercy. The recording 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, oversees CMEP’s online and in-person educational programming, and co-leads grassroots regional coordinator network. Grounded in deep commitments to justice, she draws from her own ecumenical Christian identity to help diverse American Christian communities deepen their understandings of the Middle East through storytelling, theological and scriptural investigation, and dialogue. Destiny holds an MTS 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 lived and worked at the intersection of religion and peacebuilding in several contexts, 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. While born and raised in Kansas, she is now based in the Boston area.