Kimberly Knight is the online organizer for the Beatitudes Society. A graduate of Candler School of Theology, she is the pastor of Koinonia Fellowship, an online church at Second Life.
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Kimberly Knight is a nationally recognized leader teaching and practicing social media for ministry. She earned her Master of Divinity from Candler School of Theology at Emory University. Immediately after Candler she served for two years as the Online Organizer for The Beatitudes Society (they liked to call her their Circuit Rider!). She is now the Communication Director for the Southeast Conference, United Church of Christ, leader of Social Media Intensives around the country and a social media coach helping progressive faith leaders leverage the power of social media in meaningful ways. Kimberly also serves as the pastor of an online congregation that has been gathering for nearly five years in the cyber-world of Second Life. Kimberly, her partner and their two children are active members of Kirkwood United Church of Christ in Atlanta, Georgia.
Latest Content by Kimberly Knight
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A Prayer for Colorado
Gracious and loving God,
you watch the ways of all of us
and the utter destruction of which our hands are capable.
We implore you to weave goodness and grace
In the lives of those destroyed by senseless violence.
Surround those whose lives are shattered
with a sense of your present love.
Wrap them in the worn quilt of your compassion.
Though they are lost in grief,
May they find you and be comforted.
Amen
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As it turns out I've always been a bit perplexed by the greatest commandment. Not the Love God with every fiber of my stinkin' self part but the love the neighbor as myself part. And it's not what you think exactly. I get the love of neighbor, especially those neighbors least like me. What has puzzled me for decades is how to love the other fully when I'm not sure how to love myself fully. Love myself?
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Other Recent Content by Kimberly Knight
February 01, 2012
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At times of suffering how can we believe in a God of love?
January 24, 2012
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We know why, but do we always know how and what?
October 27, 2011
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As a Progressive Christian married to a police lieutenant in Atlanta, I am working hard to synthesize my love and loyalty in the Occupy movement.
May 12, 2011
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Why are young folks leaving the church you ask?
April 02, 2011
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Thoughts that percolated while reading Bruce Reyes-Chow latest blog "Why Easter Worship Service Should be Nothing Special"
February 18, 2011
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Blessed are the peacemakers
January 20, 2011
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“Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.” I imagine that those standing in the blood, sweat and tears of Rome’s occupation found this utterance of very little comfort.
October 06, 2010
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September proved to be a very bad month to be young and gay in America. 15-year-old Billy Lucas, 13-year-old Asher Brown, 18-year-old Tyler Clementi, 13-year-old Seth Walsh, and 19-year-old Raymond Chase all took their own lives because they were bullied for being gay.
June 23, 2010
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We ponder the lack of civility in public discourse, but we are half-tuned-into the discourse at the table.
May 26, 2010
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Social Networking for Ministry Workshop
May 03, 2010
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Grown-Up Vacation Bible school in the Virtual World of Second Life...
April 12, 2010
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I had the wonderful opportunity to attend Theology After Google a couple of weeks ago....
March 12, 2010
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Let's have a conversation about progressive Christianity, about social justice Christianity - about Christianity.
February 09, 2010
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While reading a commentary about social media I got to thinkin' about the church...
February 02, 2010
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Reflections from Emergence Now - a conference held at Columbia Theological Seminary exploring Emergent Church
December 03, 2009
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Stopping by a friend's facebook page - in memorial.
November 19, 2009
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Beginning an exploration of social media and the church.
October 29, 2009
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Kimberly Knight shares an insight about Ruth's blessing of Naomi that she learned through the online church she leads at Second Life.
September 11, 2009
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Sophia is seeking you β are you seeking Sophia?
August 21, 2009
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Zeal need not obliterate grace, rather grace should imbue our zeal with the power to listen and receive, to encounter rather than control, to love rather than hate β yes even our enemy - or so I have been told.
August 04, 2009
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The lectionary this week skips an important verse or two and 37 speaks volumes.
37All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.
Who is whoever? All means all.
July 21, 2009
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Jesus uses our existing resources to perform miracles of abundance to be shared with the whole community.
June 29, 2009
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Some rambling thoughts about the approaching Independence Day.
June 16, 2009
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An annotated bibliography that offers sources addressing consumer topics from a wide range of perspectives including the Christian response to consumerism.
June 05, 2009
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Human Trafficking - how does the Christian community respond?
May 21, 2009
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Just a little reflection on the presentation by Anna Florence Carter at the Festival of Homiletics 2009.
May 06, 2009
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Jesus is the Vine and we are the branches - what kind of branches are we?
April 29, 2009
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Exploring the beloved 23rd Psalm, in scripture, in our hearts, in our daily lives and on the web.
April 25, 2009
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The fundamental record around which the Christian universe spins is the experience of finding the tomb empty and encountering the risen Christ in our midst. How do we begin to understand what it means to encounter the risen Christ and why is it so hard to recognize him when he is in our midst?