*Note from the Program Director: We are thrilled to welcome our 5th class of Abundant Table Interns! Over the next month you will meet our two new interns Sarah Wurst (intro below) and Jeannette Ban, as well as, hear from our second year intern Angela Schultz. Thanks to all of you out there for your … Continue reading Hello from new Intern Sarah Wurst
A New Creation
by Julie Morris Every Now and Then There is a New Creation… The best I can tell, it started at our weekly celebration of Holy Eucharist. A small group of us gathered, again, in the big hall on campus. One member of our group looked anxiously at our fledgling campus ministry and asked, “Are we … Continue reading A New Creation
The Stewardship of the Sacred
Recently, I was asked, along with a couple community activists, to speak at the annual gathering for Progressive Christians Uniting (PCU) about how my work is informed from the viewpoint of the Spirit, what my spiritual and theological “drivers” are, and how do these perspectives ground me in my work. As we close the Lenten … Continue reading The Stewardship of the Sacred
God Saw
I think about the word good a lot. In my 22 years of life, I’ve struggled deeply with perfectionist tendencies in different areas of life. It has caused me to be gripped with the fear filled cycling voices of “you’re not good enough Julia.” I’ve had to do pretty constant work to lessen that fear-based … Continue reading God Saw
“ ‘An Actual Earth of Value’ or, Food that Matters”
A guest essay by Samuel Thomas, Cal Lutheran professor of Religion and our Board Chair (for more info. http://www.callutheran.edu/schools/cas/faculty_profile.php?minor_id=32&profile_id=219) In the words of a good friend and colleague of mine, my last Bible and Interpretation editorial constituted a good old-fashioned “Isaianic smack-down” of self-aggrandizing, dishonest hypocrites (“Knowledge and Wisdom in a Politics of Passionate Intensity,” … Continue reading “ ‘An Actual Earth of Value’ or, Food that Matters”
Joy will find a way.
These last months I have thought a lot about death. This last week during All Saints and All Souls day I lit a candle for my dear childhood friend who died in a tragic accident this August. Seth’s death was my first experience overwhelmed with the grief of someone my own age, someone whose death … Continue reading Joy will find a way.
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