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November 9, 2016 by Jane Gerdsen
Life and Death
I have been sitting with death these past few weeks. My uncle died two weeks ago, our family gathered around his bedside and said prayers and told stories and wept. We honored him and said goodbye and had a service and a celebration. And yet, grief is a strange creature. It seems to wind its […]Archives
October 27, 2016 by Jane Gerdsen
Young Adult Gathering 2016
Join us for our annual young adult gathering — a space for reconnecting with God, friends, and your own story. This year, we will explore creativity as an expression of God’s glory in our midst. There will be opportunities to engage in the art of improv, visual art, music making, poetry, and whatever creative gifts […]Archives
April 27, 2016 by Jed Dearing
Justice Discussion Series
Beginning this spring, St. John’s Franklinton will host a twelve session discussion series that takes a theo-ethical look at key economic, environmental, and social justice topics relevant to inner city neighborhoods and the global community at large. This series is intended to strengthen our understanding of the connection between issues of faith and justice, enhance our capacities […]Archives
January 21, 2016 by Praxis
“What we are sculpting is ourselves” – Duane McDiarmid on Art & Action
Start with two images, both from the Vietnam War, both famous. One is an Eddie Adams photo of a South Vietnamese police chief shooting a man in the head. The other is Malcolm Browne’s photo of a Buddhist monk setting himself on fire to protest the war. For Ohio University art professor Duane McDiarmid, these […]Archives
January 6, 2016 by Praxis
Communities of Discovery
What Improv taught us about the spiritual life while we were at the Young Adult Retreat “Isn’t improv hard?” My wife asked me at breakfast, after I’d been waxing poetic about the 2015 Young Adult retreat, where my friends Barbara Allen and Bill Sabo led us in exploring the spirituality of improvisation. “Not really,” I […]Archives
December 2, 2015 by Jane Gerdsen
Dorothy Day and the Holiness of the Mundane by Alyssa Pasternak Post
As we enter Advent, I am reminded of Wheeling Jesuit University’s motto: Luceat Lux Vestra, or “Let your light shine” (cf. Matthew 5:16). In my youthful idealism I found inspiration in my alma mater’s motto and in those whose light shines so brightly. We tend to recognize them as saints, or holy people. So, with St. […]Archives
September 30, 2015 by Karl Stevens
How do we form pilgrim communities?
When Greg Hitzhusen was a student at Yale Divinity School, he and a few others started an Outing Club, which took students out onto the campus for weekly meditations, and also took a spring break hiking trip every year. One day, while they were hiking in North Carolina, they came out onto Shining Rock at […]Archives
September 2, 2015 by Karl Stevens
My Summer in the Body
That first night in Traverse City, having driven all day to get there, I rode seven miles on my bike, through woods that bordered a broad inlet, to a yoga studio in an old office park. The studio itself was on the second floor of an a-frame building, and we laid out our mats under […]Archives
August 20, 2015 by Karl Stevens