September CCS Friday – Art as Spiritual Practice
Video from our Sept 20 online conversation with Dawn Dickinson-Léger.
Thoughts, prayers, anecdotes, opinions, and personal reflections of CCS staff
Video from our Sept 20 online conversation with Dawn Dickinson-Léger.
Janet Ross reflects on how CCS prepares students for change.
CCS grad Mark Laird confirms that growth happens.
Gwen McAllister reflects on the radical nature of “sharing things in common.”
Lenten reflection on John 3:14-21 by Alan Lai
Program Staff member Marcie Gibson, a mother to five Jewish children, shares some reflections and resources on violence in Israel and Palestine.
Scott Douglas reflects on seeing the face of Christ in the poor and oppressed.
Marcie Gibson reflects on the first year of her doctoral studies in diaconal pedagogy.
On April 26, 2023, the Centre for Christian Studies recognized Rev. Dr. Wenh-In Ng as a Companion of the Centre.
CCS student Caitlin Smithers reflects on her research into the sufficiency of online communities for Christian belonging.
CCS student Hyerim Park recently posted a biblical reflection for Korean Rainbow United.
I had the amazing privilege (no pun intended) of attending the White Privilege Conference Global in May, held for the first time in Canada. (It has been held in the U.S. for the past nineteen years). It was an amazing event, and I was delighted that other than school boards, the United Church of Canada…
For you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light— for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth— proving what is pleasing to the Lord. And do not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness; instead, expose them. For it…
Sharon Dunlop is a Deacon at St. James’ Anglican Church in Kingston. She attended Learning on Purpose in 2016. My ministry area is in corrections, restorative justice and victims – an area I have been passionate about for most of my life. In the spring of 2016 I was encouraged to attend the June “Learning on…
By Gwen McAllister Not long ago at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church where I am priest, a friend and parishioner good-naturedly called me out as a hypocrite: “You preach against hierarchy, but you’re an Anglican priest.” It’s a tension in which I have found a rather comfortable vocational home, living in the messy “now” of Christianity…