Upcoming Workshops for Child Sexual Abuse Prevention & Train the Trainers
The half-day “Protection of Children” workshop satisfies the diocesan training requirements for clergy, vestry members, staff and volunteers who work with youth or children. To become a diocesan-approved Child Protection Trainer, the person must be endorsed by his/her rector and register to attend the upcoming Train the Trainer Workshop.
Abundant Life: You Were Made for More, A Curriculum for Youth
Abundant Life uses biblically-based teaching to engage teenagers, partner with parents, and equip youth leaders to navigate relational and culturally-relevant topics. I believe that educating teenagers about who they are in Christ, the purpose of relationships, the value of life—their own and others–and how the Gospel interacts with all of this is essential in the Kingdom of God. Why? If we don’t give them something to live for, someone else will.
Hope Arising: A Book Review
America, a religious nation, has had throughout our history a type of intellectual leader that has been termed the public theologian. Henry Ward Beecher, the Niebuhrs, Billy Graham, and Fr. Richard Neuhaus are among the most prominent examples. Now, Wheaton professor Esau McCauley is using his broad pulpit to call American Christians back to their religious ideals, the lived experiences of the Black church, and a full recognition of the Black church in our history.
DOMA Master Insurance Policy
A discussion of risk and insurance coverage for the churches of the Diocese
Success using an online platform for a small group class
We had been meeting for only two weeks, when the spread of the coronavirus called us to isolate. What should we do – cancel or try to meet using an online platform?
Postscript to the "Big Game:" Pornography in America
In an age that leans increasingly strongly towards images and memes rather than rhetoric and words, more viewers will remember the bulk of the show rather than a smaller segment towards the end.