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
Eat the Livestream: Hybrid Communion in a Digital Era of Worship
“Eat the livestream, all of you.” In the 15th and 16th centuries, two reformers, Jan Hus and Martin Luther, set out to remedy a problem: the laity were not receiving Continue Reading
The Bible for Progressive Christians: From Deconstruction to Reconstruction
Reading With New Eyes: The Bible As An Encounter For Progressive Christians By Rev. Barbara Lea Callaghan Faith deconstruction is a big topic for those who have become disillusioned with Continue Reading
God’s Good Food: Resisting Diet Culture in Our Churches
The Devil is Tempting Me “I was good last night and ate a salad so that I could eat this today,” says the woman who sits across from me as Continue Reading
Developing Virtual Ministry Models for Small Churches
An Unforgettable Day I’ll never forget Sunday, March 15, 2020. On this day, Cascade United Methodist Church, where I serve as the technology director, suspended its in-person services and weekly Continue Reading
Vital and Virtual: Reimaging Spirituality in a Pandemic Shaped Culture
PANDEMIC AND PANDEMONIUM! It was not just our imagination in March of 2020, when the world shifted as we entered a period of change that was unprecedented in our lifetimes! Continue Reading
From TED Talk to TikTok: Preaching in the Age of Social Media
My Mission Field First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky is where I have been serving for the past nine years. FCC is located in a small Continue Reading
Beauty in Brokenness
As a Clinical Pastoral Educator working with adult learners, in a metropolitan Level I Trauma Center, I am committed to providing a curriculum that is robust enough to prepare them Continue Reading
Between Sword and Surrender: Finding New Narratives for Christian Belonging
Campus ministry ought to create a welcome, safe space for first-year students to begin their college journey, to celebrate their faith and their gifts, and to be and become their Continue Reading
The Role of Black Churches in Promoting Mental Health within Local Communities
Introduction and Context Black church pastors wield a lot of influence within the community and often bring about change. That would include notions about mental health. However, many African Americans Continue Reading
Worship and the Lament – Recasting Lament as Worship
In her book, “Spirit and Trauma: A Theology of Remaining” [1] Author Shelly Rambo draws forward the experiences of Holy Saturday–the space between Jesus’s death and Jesus’s resurrection. If the Continue Reading