Noise, Hurry & Crowds
In the classic, Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth, author Richard Foster made this significant observation: In contemporary society our […]
Tag: The Campus Minister
Where’s the Line?
There’s a Jeff Buckley song — Eternal Life — that’s had me thinking a lot lately about our work with students, especially […]
Creativity and Calling
Years ago, one of my music instructors introduced me to the wonders of jazz. I came to love its freedom and improvisation, […]
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 […]