Editor’s Notes: This piece was previously published on Transfiguring Power with Jarrod McKenna on October 20, 2026. Photo Credit: “A protester holds a cross with ‘Love will triumph’ written on it, as he stands next to a pump during the demonstration at Place de la République in Paris.” Photograph: Kiran Ridley/AFP/Getty Images)
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Jarrod McKenna
Jarrod McKenna is a senior leader and mobilisation strategist with Act for Peace. For over 20 years, his peace award winning social change work has been on the frontline of [eco]justice in Australia and been featured on the BBC, ABC, the Guardian, and Al Jazeera. Jarrod is the co-founder Common Grace, Palestine Peace Pilgrimages and Love Makes A Way and pastors with Steeple Church (Melbourne) and Table in the Trees (Perth). He write at Jarrod McKenna | Substack and co-hosts InVerse and Good on Wood.