Boundary Leadership: a Video-Based Small Group Curriculum
BOUNDARY LEADERSHIP AT EMORY The past three years of course work and research in the Emory University community have deeply shaped my view of how community is formed and how Continue Reading
Creating a Liturgy of Life: Cultivating Thriving Elders
Introduction “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly” (Jn 10:10) Abundant life is NOT only for the young. Aging congregations are filled with older adults. If Continue Reading
Experiencing Silence
Why Silence? Silence has become a commodity in today’s culture. We are inundated on a daily basis with noise. Whether it is the sound of traffic, a TV, a siren, Continue Reading
Scripture, Narrative, and Liturgical Reflection: A Three-Legged Stool for Liturgical Preaching
the Rev’d Jay Weldon, Parish of the Good Shepherd, Waban, Massachusetts Introduction I am an Episcopal priest and I preach almost every Sunday. I receive all of the comments that Continue Reading
Health Incarnate: Growing a Healthier Community through Youth Ministry in Greene County, Georgia
Posted on 4/3/18 by Avis E. Williams The Beginning… The initial idea for a community project came as I served as Pastor of Community Transformation for Lake Continue Reading
Toward Communal Healing: Initiating a Collective Vision to Combat Congregational Crises
The Church In Crisis I was excited! After having endured the gauntlet of a process that only a Baptist church pulpit committee can concoct, I emerged from approximately 60 other Continue Reading
PEACE BE WITH YOU, REST IN PEACE
PEACE BE WITH YOU USING SCRIPTURE TO ADDRESS SPIRITUAL DISTRESS AT THE END OF LIFE For ten years, I have ministered in urban areas as a hospital chaplain (initially in Continue Reading
Faith and Food Justice
Why the Peace Garden Project? I was raised in the south in a pretty fundamentalist Baptist Church, and I have a Muslim sister. Though my beliefs are no longer Continue Reading
The Role of the Church in Racial Reconciliation Dialogue: Instructions from Matthew 15:21-28
On October 5, 2017, Jeffrey Rosen, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Constitution Center, presented a lecture entitled, “A Question of Citizenship: The Fourteenth Amendment Yesterday and Today,” Continue Reading
Mastering Calling Comprehension: Answer God’s Call with Clarity & Confidence
If you could ask God one question, what would it be? “A USA Today poll found that if people could ask God just one question, most would want to know: Continue Reading
Lord, Have Mercy: The Order of Confession and Forgiveness, Mystagogical Preaching, and the “Southern Way of Life”
Like most Evangelical Lutheran Churches in America, Beth-Eden Lutheran Church begins every worship service with The Order of Confession and Forgiveness:[1] As worship begins, water is poured into a baptismal Continue Reading