Effective Healthcare for All Minnesotans
During their November 11-12, 2018 meeting, the Multi-Religious Fellows learned from experts in the Minnesotan healthcare sector.
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Lament on Coast Salish Land
An Excerpt from Unsettling the Word
In this excerpt from Unsettling the Word, Céline Chuang writes about her experience walking with Indigenous women in the Women’s Memorial March. →
An American Thanksgiving in Qatar
In an excerpt from his book The Doha Experiment, Gary Wasserman describes a surprising Thanksgiving gathering among first generation Americans in Qatar. →
Craig Boyd on Envy as Insatiable Desire
Scholar Fridays
By Susan SinkShort-term Resident Scholar Craig Boyd examines virtues and vices in J.R.R. Tolkien's works, including Gollum's insatiable envy in The Lord of the Rings. →
Cultural Awareness Training
On Not Belonging in a Local Church
Melani Martinez's essay explores identity and belonging in a church where local residents are being displaced by gentrification. →
Thomas Merton Walks Around Shining
By Anne HigginsAnne Higgins' poem begins: "His hermitage stands sturdy in the sun. / The front porch longs to feel his heavy tread." →
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Lament on Coast Salish Land
In this excerpt from Unsettling the Word, Céline Chuang writes about her experience walking with Indigenous women in the Women’s Memorial March.Poetry
Thomas Merton Walks Around Shining
By Anne Higgins
Anne Higgins' poem begins: "His hermitage stands sturdy in the sun. / The front porch longs to feel his heavy tread."Resources for Congregations
Called to Life
A free 6-week program for small groups to explore God’s call in their lives.Called to Work
A free 6-week program for small groups to explore profession and vocation.Lives Explored videos
A video series with real-life stories of calling.Books
Publications from the Seminars.Resources for Faith & Writing
Edit Yourself
A good day of deleting feels like a successful day of purging your closet, cleaning your kitchen, or weeding your garden.
Please Don’t Hate Me
When editor Charnell Peters sent out her first rejections to writers, she added a desperate whisper: “Please don’t hate me!”
Finding the Needles
What is it like reading through submissions at a literary journal? Finding the proverbial needle in the haystack calls for ruthless efficiency.
An Editor’s Envy
In our new series on editing, acquisitions editor Valerie Weaver-Zercher describes the "holy jealousy" that sometimes occurs when working with writers.Subscribe
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