CMEP Pilgrimage to Peace (P2P) tour in Texas
Trinity Episcopal Church
Workshop
Saturday, February 15th 10:30 AM -12:00 PM
1015 Holman at Main, Houston, TX 77004
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston
Workshop
Sunday, February 16th 1:00-2:30 PM
5200 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77004
St. Stephen Presbyterian Church
Guest Sermon
Sunday, February 16th 9:00AM
2217 Theta St, Houston, TX 77034
Faith Lutheran Church
Workshop
Monday, February 17th 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
6600 Woodrow Ave, Austin, TX 78757
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. While born and raised in Kansas, she is now based in the Boston area.
Dr. Ben Norquist is a researcher, organizer, and director of the Network of Evangelicals for the Middle East (NEME). His first book, Every Somewhere Sacred: Rescuing a Theology of Place in the American Imagination (IVP Academic) is due out in Fall 2025. In his local community, Ben helps faith communities engage more thoughtfully with Native Americans and come to terms with histories of injustice. Ben holds his Ph.D. in Higher Education from Azusa Pacific University (Los Angeles) and his M.A. in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College (Annapolis). Ben’s dissertation is a qualitative regional case study exploring adaptive Palestinian approaches to pedagogy.In his career in higher education leadership, Ben has experience building international educational partnerships, teaching, and establishing an academic center for applied public research. Ben’s writing has appeared in Religion News Service, The Christian Century, Baptist News Global, and the Christian Citizen among others.