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December 8, 2017 by Jane Gerdsen
Young Adult Gathering 2017: Kindle a Hope
“The movement of the Spirit of God in the hearts of men and women often calls them to act against the spirit of their times or causes them to anticipate a spirit which is yet in the making. In a moment of dedication they are given wisdom and courage to dare a deed that challenges […]Archives
June 7, 2016 by Jed Dearing
A Whisper of Something Else
By Anna Berger No one in the world knows you’re here, Atop this ridge with your rose-flushed face and the dirt smudges up and down your faintly aching legs, you are alone. But God is no one because God is the One and the world is God’s and there’s a whisper of something else in […]Archives
March 31, 2016 by Jed Dearing
Let’s Grow A Garden!
The Near East House, the newest Praxis intentional community, partnered in the Woodland Park neighborhood with St. Philip’s Columbus, is the proud recipient of a 2016 Young Adult United Thank Offering Grant to start a new community garden. The Woodland Park Community Garden purposes to serve the residents of the neighborhood, both by (1) being […]Archives
March 1, 2016 by Praxis
Sing to the Lord a New Song! A Reflection on the Province V Gathering in Chicago
by Charlie Meszaros Recently, I attended the Prov V Young Adult Retreat in Chicago as both a former and potential future college student, and as a friend of Dr. Bob Padberg and Dr. Ellen O’Shaugnessy. The theme was “Sing to the Lord a New Song”, something that very much interested me, as I am somewhat […]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
November 24, 2015 by Praxis
Living in Community at Confluence House
by Katie Guy It has been a new experience to live with a group of people and to have the specific intentionality that we have living together. At the beginning of our service year we came up with a Rule of Life that organized our intentions for the year. I’ve always been someone that appreciated […]Archives
August 20, 2015 by Aaron Wright
What’s Your Dream?
On Monday our new Brendan’s Crossing cohort moves in. I’m looking forward to this year, this group of young adults and watching the good work they’ll do in our city. Most of all I’m looking forward to hearing about their dreams. We promise our young adults “vocational discernment” and have long borrowed the famous Mary Oliver […]Archives
August 3, 2015 by Karl Stevens
Who will I love, and how will I love them well?
This year, Praxis Communities are thinking and writing about the question “How do we live in relationship?” Different individuals and communities will read this question in different ways, and nuance it to fit their own questions and understandings. I’m most interested in romantic relationships, and so my version of the question is “Who will I love, […]Archives
May 29, 2015 by Aaron Wright