Everyday I’m Pastorin’ Interview by Tanya Riches Editor’s Note: EverydayImPastorin is a Tumblr site that has been making the rounds at seminaries across the country. Very much like TheologyRyanGosling, it serves the function of creating space for seminarians to laugh – at themselves, as much as the idiosyncrasies of local churches. These sites, who see their [...]
Design as an Opportunity for Enacted Hospitality User Experience Principles for the Web and for Ministry By Matt Lumpkin any systems are designed to make things easier for either: a. the computers that run them b. the people that made them c. the people who bought them My job is to make things easier [...]
Posted January 30, 2013 by Grayson Carter & Glen Stassen
By Grayson Carter and Glen Stassen t is a great pleasure to welcome Jean Bethke Elshtain as the 2013 Payton Lecturer at Fuller Seminary. Her lecture series, entitled “Ethics in Troubled Times,” will be held on January 30th and 31st from 10.00 a.m. to noon at Travis Auditorium. All members of the Fuller community, as [...]
By Aline Gram ne Sunday a few weeks ago I was asked to jump in—at the very last minute—as a Sunday school teacher for a kids’ after-church program that met in an empty corner of our church basement. Curriculum-less and without the aid of a felt board, I had a brief moment of panic as I [...]
Posted January 8, 2013 by Kathleen Scott-Goldingay
By Kathleen Scott-Goldingay everal times a day my husband John and I say set prayers out loud together from the Book of Common Prayer. Specifically, from the Daily Devotions for Individuals and Families section, which has bits repeating the same scripture or words everyday- that’s the “set” part. There are also suggestions like “a canticle may [...]
Everyday I’m Pastorin’ Interview by Tanya Riches Editor’s Note: EverydayImPastorin is a Tumblr site that has been making the rounds at seminaries across the country. Very much like TheologyRyanGosling, it serves the func...
Design as an Opportunity for Enacted Hospitality User Experience Principles for the Web and for Ministry By Matt Lumpkin any systems are designed to make things easier for either: a. the computers that run them b. the pe...
By Grayson Carter and Glen Stassen t is a great pleasure to welcome Jean Bethke Elshtain as the 2013 Payton Lecturer at Fuller Seminary. Her lecture series, entitled “Ethics in Troubled Times,” will be held on January 30th ...
By Aline Gram ne Sunday a few weeks ago I was asked to jump in—at the very last minute—as a Sunday school teacher for a kids’ after-church program that met in an empty corner of our church basement. Curriculum-less and w...
By Kathleen Scott-Goldingay everal times a day my husband John and I say set prayers out loud together from the Book of Common Prayer. Specifically, from the Daily Devotions for Individuals and Families section, which has bits...
By Jenn Graffius was at a church recently where a guest preacher began his sermon with prayer. There is nothing strange about the act of praying before one’s sermon. However, the end of his prayer was, well, in a word…s...
By Charlotte Sandy Disclaimer: Charlotte Sandy is a student in training with the School of Psychology. She is not an expert. For more information, please utilize the resources provided online via our website, thesemi.org or spe...
By Tommy Givens hristmas Eve is different from other nights. In the film, Of Gods and Men, it is the decisive night. The Trappist monks of the Monastère de l’Atlas, nestled atop a mountainside Algerian village named Tibh...
By E.A. Burks y eyes fluttered open, and I gazed out the window next to my bed. Snow buried the yard and clung to the skeletons of once-leafy trees. Multicolor lights draped over the bushes looked dull in the morning light. I j...
By Janice Chan came to Fuller to learn how congregations could better engage in civic issues of justice -like ending homelessness. As a City Planner for six years in Canada prior to seminary, I participated in many meetings fil...
By Raja Michael was born in Queens, grew up in Brooklyn, and consider New York City to be my home town. When I was in high school, my family moved to New Jersey, where I finished high school, went to college and spent most of m...
By Jordan Mattox ay marriage is a hot topic in Christian communities. Recently, Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop, came to Fuller to talk about the freedom to love. As a result, many students at Fuller are beginning to...
By Dannielle E. Carr t’s a biting cold March night in Monterey, California. As I step out of the car, the coldness assaults my face and toes, wisps through the openings in my collar and seeps through my folded arms. I hurry ...
By Christin Fort edia tends to play up relationships like nobody’s business. Everyone’s dating, looking for a date, or coping after a breakup. The ideal life just hasn’t started until you’re in a relationship, chick-fli...