As Darren Meyer spoke to the Ministerium of Ideas, I could feel a growing sense of excitement and bewilderment fill the room. In a clear, logical way, using many slides and statistics, Darren was telling us a story about our neighborhoods and nation that we hadn't heard before. As he talked, I found myself grasping … Continue reading How can our faith communities become the centers of our neighborhoods again?
Author: KPB Stevens
How Can We Find New Ways to Collaborate?
Twelve years ago, Pete Anderson went on sabbatical from his position as a Professor of Material Science and Engineering at OSU. Although he and his family were living out of state, he found himself returning to Ohio through the course of the year to check on programs and experiments that he was in charge of. … Continue reading How Can We Find New Ways to Collaborate?
How Can Our Faith Communities Support Prophetic Voices?
We stood in the Columbus Museum of Art, all of us a little damp from the downpour outside, and listed to Melissa Wolfe, Curator of American Art. We had come to the museum to view the Modern Dialect exhibit, which features paintings from the 1920s through the 1940s, paintings that offer a stirring critique of … Continue reading How Can Our Faith Communities Support Prophetic Voices?
Stephen Colbert and Christ Pantocrator: A Week in a Second City Improv Intensive
I stood in Piper's Alley, in the hallway of the Second City Training Center in Chicago, and looked at a photo of Stephen Colbert. It was taken twenty years ago, when he was a student there. He looked very young. His hair was in a messy part, and there was something unruly about his jacket … Continue reading Stephen Colbert and Christ Pantocrator: A Week in a Second City Improv Intensive
Learning to Be a New Kind of Artist: A Week at the “Art as a Spiritual Connection” Summer Camp
We’re sitting in the sanctuary of All Saints Church, in a circle of dim light. It’s morning and we’ve finished doing yoga and put the mats away, and now Fabricia is talking. There is a theme for this first day, as there will be for most of the days of the camp - connection and … Continue reading Learning to Be a New Kind of Artist: A Week at the “Art as a Spiritual Connection” Summer Camp
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