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Ministry in the Deep End
Reflecting on my overall experience with the church, I would say that I was standing in a shallow pool, feet confidently planted on the smooth concrete floor, free to move and walk as I pleased. But...
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Remembering Our Call
This summer 14 Candler students are serving in ministry through Candler Advantage, a paid summer internship in conjunction with Candler’s Contextual Education Program. Over the course of the summer...
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The Best Laid Plans
This summer 14 Candler students are serving in ministry through Candler Advantage, a paid summer internship in conjunction with Candler’s Contextual Education Program. Over the course of the summer...
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Awake, My Soul!
This summer 14 Candler students are serving in ministry through Candler Advantage, a paid summer internship in conjunction with Candler’s Contextual Education Program. Over the course of the summer...
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Where the Wild Goose People Go
“Why the Wild Goose Festival?” the reporter asked me. He was a freelance journalist working both for the local newspaper and The United Methodist Reporter, an independent news site that covers the...
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The Word of God in the Country of Paradox
(For a version of this text in Spanish, see below) On a sunny morning in a working class neighborhood of Medellín, we set plastic chairs out along the walls of a scrubbed, white-tiled garage. We sit...
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La Familia as my First School
Family is the first institution that everyone enters without any registration requirements, admission fees, or recommendation letters. It’s completely loans-free. *Sigh* Thank God! It is in the family...
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“We just need to preach Jesus”
This was an entirely unexpected response to my forty-five minute presentation about a new model of ministry for connecting with second generation Americans. I had spent the last six weeks researching,...
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“What Does It Mean To Be Saved?”
The question came from a 13-year-old girl in leopard print skinny jeans and black Converse All-Stars. This is exactly the type of question I had anticipated in teaching the confirmation class as part...
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A Time To Laugh
The other day, I was writing my last term paper of my second year at Candler, for my ethics class. That week had been full of papers, and I was feeling like I had squeezed out every drop of God-juice...
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