Engaging & Shaping the World
In here you will find resources that will help you respond to God’s call to cultivate His creation. Some of these areas include popular culture, education, social justice and more.
View of “Spirituality” at One College
One person’s view of spirituality on a campus known for ignoring God:
“Walk the paths that wind through Hampshire College’s wooded campus and you will find offerings left behind: Prayer flags and God’s eyes hang from trees. Stacked stones mark certain paths, with students referring to one cairn-filled location as the Zen Garden. Poems, hopes, meditations, [...]
Student Frustration
Chances are, you have students in your ministry who echo these comments (in fact, you may have felt them yourself in your college days):
I can’t stand school anymore. I am tired of homework, busy work and class work. It’s all becoming a blur. All I know is that when I had a job it was [...]
Race, Religion, and Campus
Julie Park explores how religious faith traditions and practices can serve as a foundation to spur dialogue around race and diversity issues. She discusses how the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at “West Coast University” used their faith as a springboard to take on issues of race. Her findings show that religion can also play an important [...]
One in Christ or Coffee?
On Page 8 of the December issue of Digital Catalyst Magazine, Brad Metzger writes about the role of coffee in our churches, and asks if we considering “the danger in allowing the coffee bar to replace the Lord’s Table as the place where real community happens in the church.”
You can read it at http://catalystleadershipdigital.com/
Chris Coppernoll
Engaging art, music, and writing to impact the Kingdom
Ginger Garrett, Kim Stuart and Chris Coppernoll are three artists and authors touring campuses in 2009 on how book writing, music, and the arts can be used to express Kingdom principles.
Chris Coppernoll can be reached via email: Chris@providencebook.com
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