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 […]
Tag: spiritual formation
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 […]
Inciting Incidents – Catalyst or Crutch?
The term “inciting incident” is a literary term used to describe the event, point of conflict, or problem in a story or […]
Brian McLaren || Christian Faith As a Revolutionary Movement
This week our campus community has been fortunate to spend some time with Brian McLaren. Brian’s messages have been challenging and inspiring… […]
The 4 Stages of Faith Development
Although our time with Brian McLaren has ended, I’m trying to get down some of my thoughts on some of the great […]
Open Source Leadership
Student leaders are back and training is in full swing. There is a mix of nerves and excitement, anxiety and anticipation in the air as we pray and prepare for new and returning students to populate campus.
As the planning season of our ministry preparation for the upcoming year is coming to a close, my thoughts are focused on how we do what we’ve been called to do — better than we’ve ever done it before.
Increasingly, those of us in ministry leadership are being pulled away from the old, top-down, style of leadership in order to be effective and meet the needs of this generation.
Students want in.
On every level of the process and experience.
And they won’t stand for it any other way.
Making the Most of the 1st Month of the University Year
The first month of school shapes collegiate ministry for the entire year. Sure, God can and does move in October or April, […]
There Can Be Little Doubt…
“There can be little doubt that the contemporary absence of margin is linked to the march of progress” –Richard Swenson, Margin– […]
A FRAME for Setting Boundaries in Ministry
Boundaries are established to MAXIMIZE WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. Most of the time I think of boundaries as “limiting”, “minimizing temptation” or […]