Exposing Elephants
Well, it appears that I’ve struck a collective nerve — or identified a significant need — with my last post. Last Thursday […]
Well, it appears that I’ve struck a collective nerve — or identified a significant need — with my last post. Last Thursday […]
If you’re a regular reader of this blog you probably know that I serve on a Christian university campus.
While our university, over its’ short history, has had its ups and downs in trying to be faithfully Christian, it has also made significant strides over the past decade towards better living out its Christian mission and identity… and a big part of that has come through the intentional choice to focus on Christ, and that which unites us, above all else.
But this has also led to some challenges.
One of those challenges comes in the area of GLBTs on campus. The traditional and historical view held by the Church is that the GLBT lifestyle is not one that is deemed appropriate or acceptable by God.
Sometimes change can be painful. And if change can sometimes be painful, then leading change has the potential to be down right […]
In my post yesterday I introduced a term that was new, to me, as of this week: Contemplative Activist It’s a term […]
I don’t imagine it’s a new term to all of you, or even many of you, but I honestly don’t remember hearing this descriptor before this week:
Contemplative Activist
Have you heard this phrase used before?
Used to describe someone who is BOTH spiritually in-tune with God AND committed to doing something about what they see going on in the world?
It’s October! Wait, what?! And just like that most of us are now 4-6 weeks into our fall term. So, […]
The Real Life, Real Faith blogathon is now less than a month away… and the line-up of contributors is nearly set! Please […]
In case you hadn’t heard, ‘Team Chmieleski’ has grown a bit since my last post! On September 28th, at 2:20 p.m., Noll […]
In one of my posts from last week I asked if we (as ministers and as ministries) have Room for Doubt(ers)… the […]
The term “inciting incident” is a literary term used to describe the event, point of conflict, or problem in a story or […]