Healing the Broken Relationship: The Black Church and The Black Lives Matter Generation

Posted on April 23, 2021 by Michaiah Hinds

Can you imagine the death of the Black Church? An institution that derives from the suffering, pain, and oppression of black individuals, the foundational spiritual organization for the empowerment of Continue Reading

From Butts in the Pews to Views: How to Calculate Online Worship Attendance

Posted on April 20, 2021 by Diana Hodges-Batzka

From “Butts in the Pews” to Views: How to Calculate Online Worship Attendance COVID-19 Worship Changes In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a drastic change in worship practices for Florence Continue Reading

Presence and Processing: Supportive Spirituality for Nurses During a Pandemic

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Brndiar

Explanation of the Project What began as an attempt to understand how spirituality could be an asset to healthcare staff evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic into interventions to embrace spirituality Continue Reading

GIVING CULTURE A VOICE IN CHURCH: An Exploration of Popular Music and Holy Scripture

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Ebb Hagan

INTRODUCTION There are many personal theologies present among the congregants of First United Methodist Church of Chipley (FUMCOC) due to fluid movement between denominations over decades. One of the many Continue Reading

From Politics to the Pews: Loyal Partisans Becoming Faithful Politicos

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Lori Walke

Introduction As a progressive congregation in a state that strongly identifies as conservative and evangelical, Mayflower Congregational United Church of Christ in Oklahoma City offers an unexpected expression of Christianity Continue Reading

Expository Listening

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Richard Farmer

Introduction In the Shema Yisrael, hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one[1], God’s people are commanded to hear before they are commanded to speak. In the Continue Reading

Sabbath Rest: A Theological Response to Self-Care for African American Clergy

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Tanisha Sparks

Introduction On Saturday, March 30, 2019, the San Francisco Bay Area faith community and the community-at-large suffered a tremendous loss. At 7 pm that evening, the Very Reverend James V. Continue Reading

Campus Ministry Sustained

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Steve Cheyney

Today’s Class Will Meet on Zoom What the New Arms Race in Higher Education Means Believe me, before I entered the doctor of ministry program at Emory’s Candler School of Theology Continue Reading

A Matter of Life and Death: How Eulogists Inform and Influence Homegoings

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Priscilla Adams

Introduction My brother Eric was the oldest of eight children. Considered one of the smartest boys in our county, he skipped two grades in school and graduated early. Attending Continue Reading

Kinfolk: Creating as a Pathway for Young Adult Leadership

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Jon Tschanz

Welcome to Kinfolk, where our lives are holier when they are shared together. In the summer of 2012 Kinfolk was a dream. Now, Kinfolk is a thriving young adult community Continue Reading