Jon Paul Robles, Ancient Future Priest

Jon Paul Robles is an ordained priest and co-pastor of the Sacred Commons Church (Youngstown, Ohio). He is also the director of the Greater Youngstown Community Dialogue on Racism and a coordinator for Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past.
He is currently a grad student of Theology & Culture at St. Stephen’s University with a thesis that merges the philosophy of Simone Weil, poverty, and funk. His work orbits issues of justice, the human condition, and public theology embedded within intricate social and religious frameworks.
As a grandchild of Mexican-Americans who migrated from Texas to the Midwest, an Oklahoma Osage crop duster and a Steel Magnolia from Kansas, he identifies as third-culture and finds that his work is birthed from the convergence of their stories.