Preparing Students for Anti-Christian Hostility
My college wasn’t the easiest place to be a Christian. First of all, it was located in Portland, Oregon, a city notorious […]
Tag: ministry leadership
A Student’s Insight into Approaching GLBT Students
Over the past couple of months, I have been presented with an over abundance of questions regarding the gay, lesbian, bisexual and […]
More ‘Food for Thought’ on Bullying, GLBTs, Faith & the Campus
I don’t have too much new to say, nor do I have a lot of time to say it, but I’ve run […]
[B]leading Change
Sometimes change can be painful. And if change can sometimes be painful, then leading change has the potential to be down right […]
Are We Becoming/Creating Contemplative Activists?
In my post yesterday I introduced a term that was new, to me, as of this week: Contemplative Activist It’s a term […]
The Contemplative Activist
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?
On Finding Fish
In one of my posts from last week I asked if we (as ministers and as ministries) have Room for Doubt(ers)… the […]
Room for Doubt(ers)
Do we create space for doubt? Does our ministry welcome those who are struggling to believe — and offer them refuge from […]
Brian McLaren || Reading the Bible Naked
How do you read the bible? How do you teach — train — help others to read the bible? In our second […]
Space and Presence
The last couple of days I’ve posted some thoughts about how we journey with students who hurt. [If you missed either post […]