Why I turned my board room into a dojo
When a pastor created a space for embodied faith and tae kwon do in a campus church building, stressed-out students embraced the movement practices.
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Collaboration requires that I love and trust my neighbor. Theological training makes that difficult
Western theological training promotes a hermeneutic of suspicion that can erode the trust required for collaboration, writes the president of Vancouver School of Theology.
Link to author Richard Topping
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Richard Topping
President, Vancouver School of Theology
‘Everyday Christian Teaching: A Guide to Practicing Faith in the Classroom’
In this excerpt, a professor of education weighs how to begin a class and what kinds of messages those decisions about beginning communicate about Christian teaching.
Link to author David I. Smith
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David I. Smith
Professor, Calvin University
Seven campus ministry leaders reflect on young people and activism
With classes resuming at campuses across the country, some faith leaders who work closely with college students offer insights into what outside observers might be missing about Generation Z.
Dee Bernhardt
Brandon Harris
Larceeda “British” Hyrams
Karen Wright Marsh
CJ Rhodes
Robert Rueda
D. Scott Russell
My students taught me that sustainable end-of-life plans can empower young and old alike
A professor’s personal experience and research inspired a course on sustainable end-of-life choices. What happened that semester surprised everyone in the classroom.
Link to author Mallory McDuff
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Mallory McDuff
Professor
Another small liberal arts college has closed, but this time it was mine
A graduate of Birmingham-Southern College reflects on the sudden closing of the school, and why it matters to the thousands of students who went there over the years.
Link to author Anne Mitchell Whisnant
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Anne Mitchell Whisnant
Historian and director of Graduate Liberal Studies at Duke University
Rhonda Thomas: Accurately teaching history is a moral issue
Legislation limiting what can be taught in public schools fueled a Florida nonprofit’s decision to develop a Black history toolkit for faith communities.
Eric Lewis Williams: ‘We need a theological vision that will help us to hold on a little while longer’
The former curator of religion at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture discusses his work there and his hopes for his new role as director of the Office of Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School.
What anti-equity policies mean for higher education, particularly HBCUs
A series of recent decisions will have far-reaching ramifications headed into a new academic year, writes an associate director of Vanderbilt University’s Initiative for Race Research and Justice.
Link to author Ira Murray
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Ira Murray
Associate Director, Vanderbilt University Initiative for Race Research and Justice
Why deep listening matters for congregations and disciples
Listening — really listening — is the first step for participants in a program to build relationships between people on university campuses and the congregations near them, writes the program director of The Vinery.
Link to author Alexis Carter Thomas
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Alexis Carter Thomas
Writer and researcher
‘What do students want?’
An interfaith space at Virginia Commonwealth University uses asset-based community development to focus on the strengths and interests of the students who walk through its doors rather than telling them what they need.
Link to author Edie Gross
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Edie Gross
Journalist
