“God is a story written by humanity and a story that writes humanity.” – Padraig O’Tuama Join us for our annual young adult gathering – a space for reconnecting with God, friends, and your story. This year, we will explore the power of names, naming, and the unnamed possibilities among us. We will have opportunities […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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I nearly froze when she said we were going to watch “The Antwone Fischer Story.” I thought to myself, “The f@!* I am! I already watched that, lived that, and it’s not worth repeating.” As Mary Laymon, our facilitator, would go on to explain, my anxiety was high and I felt out of control because […]
