Salvation Through CovenantThrough the practice of covenant, Ellen Spero's Unitarian Universalist church form a community in a building first occupied by Puritans, where almost everything has changed but a commitment to walking together in God's love and grace.
What God Has OrdainedDiscerning God's call to pastoring or other ministry is an ongoing process, not a one-time thing. It includes mentors but also attention to one's heart's desire.
CI Executive Director Dr. Bussie Co-Edits New BookJanuary 11, 2023Collegeville Institute Executive Director, Dr. Jacqueline Bussie, co-edited a recently released book with Peter Slade and Shea Tuttle, entitled People Get Ready: Twelve Jesus-Haunted Misfits, Malcontents, and Dreamers in Pursuit of Justice. The book covers twelve activists whose faith … Read more >
Writing Grief and Mystic Activists Final Workshops for 2022 YearNovember 14, 2022The Collegeville Institute conducted two workshops in October to complete its Ecclesial Literature Project programming for the 2022 year. The first was Writing Grief as Restorative Justice. This workshop took place online from October 10th through October 14… Read more >
Holey, Wholly Holysacred / rivers etch lines / luminous as "kintsugi, / repair that does not / hide trauma but / trans- / forms...
Today"Here, late, middle, age, / the trees mean more / and the sky means more / and some of the people / I need to patch up with are dead."