Season 6 Episode 8: Melissa Florer-Bixler

The Vicars' Crossing

Today we welcome Melissa Florer-Bixler. Melissa is the pastor of Raleigh Mennonite Church and a graduate of Duke University and Princeton Theological Seminary. She spent times studying in Israel/Palestine, Kenya, and England. Much of her formation took place in the L'Arche community of Portland, OR. She is the chair of L'Arche North Carolina and a steering committee member in broad-based organizing in her county. Melissa's writing has appeared in Christian Century, Sojourners and many other publications. From time to time she publishes academic writing. She and her spouse parent three children.
Today we will discuss L’Arche, Church over Zoom and, of course,
her recently released book:
How to Have an Enemy: Righteous Anger and the Work of Peace.
This podcast was recorded on February 25th, 2022.