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How America’s Understanding of God is Changing
by Linda Mercadante
A recent Pew Forum report reveals that only a slim majority of Americans believe in "God of the Bible." According to scholar Linda Mercadante, these changes are also happening inside churches. What, then, do people mean by "God"?
Bob Kitchen on Translating a Syriac Monastic Anthology
by Susan Sink
In this Scholar Fridays interview, Bob Kitchen discusses translating a Syriac “monastic anthology” during his residency at the Collegeville Institute.
Book Notes, May 2018
by Collegeville Institute
In this series, we highlight books we think our readers may enjoy, written by authors affiliated with the Collegeville Institute. Learn about new titles Soul Tending, The Middle of Things, and Meteor Shower.
Anxiety
by Ann Niedringhaus
Ann Niedringhaus' poem begins: "In the midst of northern cold, self sufficiency / shrivels in washed-out light. / Outside, neighborhood children play boisterously. / Are they unpracticed in the art of worry?"
Articles & Essays
How America’s Understanding of God is Changing
by Linda Mercadante
A recent Pew Forum report reveals that only a slim majority of Americans believe in "God of the Bible." According to scholar Linda Mercadante, these changes are also happening inside churches. What, then, do people mean by "God"?
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Violence and the Eucharistby Anthony G. Siegrist
How should pastors respond to violence in this age of mass-shootings? Congregational rituals and practices like the eucharist, writes Anthony Siegrist, are a source of pastoral wisdom. -
Things I’ve Learned from Fundamentalistsby Gerald W. Schlabach
In his adolescence, Gerald Schlabach attended churches led by fundamentalists. "What is surprising me," he writes, "is how relevant some of the things that biblical fundamentalists taught me are proving to be – though maybe not in the way they expected." -
Collegeville Institute Greats: Roberta Bondiby Patrick Henry
Roberta Bondi is a major player in the ecumenical movement and an effective ambassador for the Collegeville Institute. Read an excerpt from her groundbreaking book Memories of God.
Interviews
Bob Kitchen on Translating a Syriac Monastic Anthology
by Susan Sink
In this Scholar Fridays interview, Bob Kitchen discusses translating a Syriac “monastic anthology” during his residency at the Collegeville Institute.
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Tom Montgomery Fate on Detours of Intentionby Susan Sink
"Detours of intention," says Resident Scholar Tom Montgomery Fate, "can be read two ways: sometimes I chose the route, but more often it chose me." -
Toppo Takamura on Lutheranism in Japanby Susan Sink
Toshiro (Toppo) Takamura spent the academic year at the Collegeville Institute as a Resident Scholar. In this interview, he discusses Lutheranism in Japan. -
Saints are People, Tooby Stina Kielsmeier-Cook
In her book Vintage Saints and Sinners, Karen Wright Marsh explores the lives of 25 Christian brothers and sisters who urge us on, reassuring us with their own tales of travail and discovery.
Books
Book Notes, May 2018
by Collegeville Institute
In this series, we highlight books we think our readers may enjoy, written by authors affiliated with the Collegeville Institute. Learn about new titles Soul Tending, The Middle of Things, and Meteor Shower.
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Refugees, Evangelism, and the Popeby Rhonda Miska
Pope Francis believes that the church exists to evangelize and simultaneously needs to be evangelized by refugees and others on the peripheries of society. -
Saints are People, Too
by Stina Kielsmeier-Cook
In her book Vintage Saints and Sinners, Karen Wright Marsh explores the lives of 25 Christian brothers and sisters who urge us on, reassuring us with their own tales of travail and discovery. -
Book Notes, April 2018by Collegeville Institute
In our April 2018 Book Notes, we feature titles about living abundantly, the challenge of digital communication for the church, and vocation, all written by authors affiliated with the Collegeville Institute.
Poetry
Anxiety
by Ann Niedringhaus
Ann Niedringhaus' poem begins: "In the midst of northern cold, self sufficiency / shrivels in washed-out light. / Outside, neighborhood children play boisterously. / Are they unpracticed in the art of worry?"
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Voice Lessonby Michael Dennis Browne
Michael Dennis Browne's poem begins: "all the years are a voice lesson / there is so much to sing / we need every instrument" -
Miasmaby Bo Niles
"Hark! Soon the breath you believed you’d always breathe / Will puddle into something you must swallow as you take it in." -
Simon and Andrew, Summonedby Regina Bechtle
In the Gospel story, Jesus summoned fishermen Simon and Andrew to "Come, follow me." Regina Bechtle's vivid poem imagines the scene.
