Spiritual Life Week 鈥楥hapel Gathering鈥� 鈥� Shaun Groves
The good news of the Bible is not only about what we have been saved from, but also what we have been saved for 鈥� something to do with God鈥檚 plan to provide for the poor. This plan can be traced from an obscure law about bread in the biblical book of Exodus. Listen to....
鈥淪abbath as a Means of Transition from Anxious Scarcity to Grateful Abundance鈥� Dr. Walter Brueggemann
Walter Brueggemann offers the third and final plenary address for the 2012 School for Leadership Training.聽 He considers the 鈥渟abbatic principle鈥� as the practice and discipline whereby we may move from the narrative of scarcity and violence to the narrative of abundance and generosity. He considers the Sabbath, the year of release (Deuteronomy 15) and....
Conversations with Walter Brueggemann #2
SLT participants have an opportunity to discuss the second plenary session with Brueggemann. The 2012 theme for School for Leadership Training seeks to engage church and business leaders in an exploration of such questions and to plumb the wisdom of those living with possible answers. This school intentionally invites us to look deeply at how....
Conversations with Walter Brueggemann #1
SLT participants have an opportunity to discuss the first plenary session with Brueggemann. The 2012 theme for School for Leadership Training seeks to engage church and business leaders in an exploration of such questions and to plumb the wisdom of those living with possible answers. This school intentionally invites us to look deeply at how....
鈥淐onflict from Below: The Possibility of Astonished Gratitude鈥� Dr. Walter Brueggemann
Walter Brueggemann offers the second of three plenary address for the 2012 School for Leadership Training.聽 Brueggemann takes the manna story as the root of a counter narrative about finance that is grounded in creation that exhibits the generosity of God and the abundance of resources for the community of the world. The 2012 theme....
鈥淐onflict from Above: The Drive for Accumulation鈥� Dr. Walter Brueggemann
Does a day go by without some thought or conversation about money? The economic climate? The lack of funds for a congregational program or project? The juggling act with personal bills? The search for wisdom about how to be good stewards of what we do have? Walter Brueggemann offers the first of three plenary address....
Seminary Convocation: 鈥淪ustaining Life鈥� Dr. Lonnie Yoder
Dr. Lonnie Yoder, Eastern Mennonite Seminary Associate Dean, offers the Spring semester convocation address for聽 Chapel Gathering at the Seminary Chapel Gathering services held in Martin Chapel at Eastern Mennonite Seminary are planned by the Seminary community but open to all.
Seminary Spiritual Life Week: Opening to Presence
鈥淭he Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us鈥� Speakers: John and Sandy Dresher-Lehman John has a bachelor鈥檚 degree in rehab counseling and masters of social work from Virginia Commonweath. He worked with addictions and trauma work for 15 years. Since 2003 he has been working in private practice, with a focus on trauma....
Seminary Spiritual Life Week: Deepening into Silence
鈥淭he light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it鈥� Speakers: John and Sandy Dresher-Lehman John has a bachelor鈥檚 degree in rehab counseling and masters of social work from Virginia Commonweath. He worked with addictions and trauma work for 15 years. Since 2003 he has been working in private practice, with a....
Seminary Spiritual Life Week: Born of Words
鈥淭he Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone鈥� Speakers: John and Sandy Dresher-Lehman John has a bachelor鈥檚 degree in rehab counseling and masters of social work from Virginia Commonweath. He worked with addictions and trauma work for 15 years. Since 2003 he has been working in private....