Students from the Edge House were singing as we hiked into Conkle’s Hollow. Sandstone cliffs rose up on either side, striated by the lapping waves of an ocean that disappeared millennia ago. Thin trees clung to them, and when the wind blew yellow leaves shook loose and scattered like the rain that was occasionally falling. … Continue reading Considering the Lilies
Author: KPB 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 … Continue reading How do we form pilgrim communities?
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 … Continue reading My Summer in the Body
Who will I love, and how will I love them well?
Two events led me to start thinking about, praying with, and making art in response to the Song of Songs. The first was a Bible study during a clergy quiet day. We were reading Jesus’s Parable of the Dishonest Manager (Luke 16:1-13). As we sat in a circle, annoyed and shocked that Jesus would tell … Continue reading Who will I love, and how will I love them well?
A Reflection on the Ministerium of Ideas First Year
What do our faith communities need to learn about in order to better serve the world around us? Twenty-four clergy and lay leaders gathered in April of 2014 to answer this question and form a new group in Columbus that we dubbed “The Ministerium of Ideas.” It’s the outgrowth of a community that had met … Continue reading A Reflection on the Ministerium of Ideas First Year
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