2021 Posts Archives - Soul Box Project

Portland Church Will Help Bring Soul Boxes and Gunfire Awareness to Washington, DC

by Connie Larkman | published on Aug 19, 2021 on United Church of Christ Website The idea was shared by someone at church. Fold a small Soul Box to remember a soul touched by gunfire. The people of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Portland, Ore., have embraced the concept. “This is exactly the kind of activism I could really get a hold of,” said Nanci Tangeman, First Congregational’s Soul Box coordinator. Members of [...]

2021-09-24T04:57:18+00:00September 3rd, 2021|

“This Loss We Carry”

by Ellen Gadberry and Tim Merritt (taken from blog post on North Decatur Presbyterian Church Website - July 21, 2021) An origami box: two square sheets of paper transformed into a tribute to a person – a father, mother, child, daughter, son, human – a loved one lost to death by gunshot. That is a Soul Box. It’s also the arts activism project that I have worked on with many friends at NDPC [...]

2021-09-24T04:59:20+00:00September 3rd, 2021|

Authority Magazine Features Soul Box Project Founder

By Leslie Lee—Authority Magazine recently featured me in a rather lengthy article. They have a standard set of questions to ask and it was a bit challenging to answer some of them, like: Can you share a story about the funniest mistake you made when you were first starting? Can you tell us what lesson you learned from that? Can you please give us your favorite “Life Lesson Quote”? Can you share how that [...]

2021-09-24T05:01:18+00:00April 18th, 2021|