
Trauma-Informed Campus Ministry
THE SOURCE At 19 years old, I went on a retreat through my university’s campus ministry office. At that point, I hadn’t acknowledged that I had been sexually abused as Continue Reading
Candler Doctor of Ministry Projects
Innovations in Ministry
THE SOURCE At 19 years old, I went on a retreat through my university’s campus ministry office. At that point, I hadn’t acknowledged that I had been sexually abused as Continue Reading
Ministry Context My research analyzes our church’s congregational context using data within a three-mile radius of our Riverdale, Georgia location. Comparing findings from 2012 to the present reveals notable demographic Continue Reading
Life, as we knew it, had come to a complete halt. On March 15, 2020 the world came to a standstill as the COVID-19 virus caused life to stop Continue Reading
Introduction Throughout my career, I have attended countless continuing education events and read a dozen books on church leadership all with the same theme: congregations need a clear mission and Continue Reading
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
When the storm has passed and the roads are tamed and we are the survivors of a collective shipwreck. ~Alexis Valdes BEFORE… A typical day contained scheduled appointments with people Continue Reading