Whitney Wilkinson Arreche

Rev. Dr. Whitney Wilkinson Arreche (she/her) is pastor of Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in Bedford, Texas. She is a public theologian wondering at the intersections of abundant life, race, whiteness, and language. Her public theology Instagram is @revwhitneywonders.

Cultivating curiosity: Lessons from Samwise Gamgee, the Constant Gardener

Samwise Gamgee, a hobbit who is happy with his garden, still feels the spark of something beyond within him. — Whitney Wilkinson Arreche

Looking into the lectionary

Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost — September 29, 2024

Whitney Wilkinson Arreche questions God's apparent absence in the Book of Esther's cycles of violence and retribution.

Weekly Liturgy

Order of worship — September 29, 2024

You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.

A dim old church interior lit by suns rays penetrating through a colorful stained glass window in the pattern of a crucifix reflecting colours on the floor and a speech pulpit

Voices

When preaching becomes performance: Confronting the ‘preachies’

What happens when preachers stop believing the words they’re preaching, wonders Whitney Wilkinson Arreche?

Benedictory

Being a mustard-seed church

"Nothing is wrong with smallness if that smallness is chock-full of faithfulness," writes Whitney Wilkinson Arreche.

Voices

Confronting antisemitism and Islamophobia

General Assembly Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations (GACEIR) explains the "Statement Denouncing Antisemitism and Islamophobia" passed by the 225th General Assembly.