Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 768 Plough Quarterly • Summer 2015 When your father founded Jesus Abbey fifty years ago, he said he wanted it to be “a laboratory of Christian life.” What did he mean? Actually he wanted it to be three laboratories. The first lab has to do with our individual relationship with God, focusing on prayer: do we trust God to guide us and provide for our needs? The second lab concerns our relation- ship to one another in Christ: are we able to live together in love? The third lab addresses the relationship of the Christian community with the world: Are we concerned with society’s problems? Are we the hands and feet of Jesus in the world, expressing his love in practical ways? Let’s talk about the second lab–relationships in community. What does that look like at Jesus Abbey? Koinonia, or unity, is a gift of the Holy Spirit. Recently we have been thinking that we need to love more–we are aware how far short we fall. The most important thing is to keep praying that the Holy Spirit works among us to soften hearts. We have tried to develop a culture that makes it easy to ask forgiveness. When someone apologizes, we respond by saying, “Shalom,” meaning, “You are forgiven.” Every now and then, people do this if they’ve made a mistake The summer of 2000 was exception- ally hot and humid in Korea, and I was sweating as I climbed the steep mountain path to Jesus Abbey, a Christian community founded in 1965 by the American missionaries Archer and Jane Torrey near the northeastern city of Taebaek. My recent gradu- ation from university, which should have been a triumph, had left a sour taste in my mouth. At twenty-six, I was sick of the competition and academic pressure that squeezed any joy out of learning. And the student protests in which I’d enthusiastically joined proved just as unsatisfying–once the demonstrations were over, my circle of friends in the movement drifted apart for lack of a common purpose. My conscience was burdened, and I was thirst- ing to find peace. Jesus Abbey AN INTERVIEW W ITH B EN TO R R EY r e c o n c i l i n g a d i v i d e d k o r e a When a friend told me about a community on the mountain where life was shared in Chris- tian comradeship, I hurried to see for myself. Rounding a bend in the trail, I saw sturdy- looking traditional houses built against a rocky slope. People came out to meet me, and it was as if peace was reaching toward me through their welcoming faces. I was a stranger, yet I sensed that in this place I could voice my questions, my fears, my hopes. In the days that followed, encircled by the grandeur and silence of the mountains, I began to experience a change of life. Fifteen years later, I’m still grateful. This year at Pentecost, Jesus Abbey will be celebrating its fifty-year jubilee. On behalf of Plough I have used this occasion to interview Ben Torrey, Jane and Archer’s son, who has served Jesus Abbey with his wife Liz since 2005. Won Maroo