Because They Married
Ted Dodd, Caryn Douglas, and others lead a worship, lament, and apology to women who were “disjoined” from paid ministry because they got married
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Spiritual Practice for Passion Sunday and Easter
Ted Dodd offers some reflection tools to deepen our experience of Passion Sunday and Easter
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Why Don’t My Children (and grandchildren) Go To Church
“When they were young, we took our children every Sunday, but now they’re older and they don’t go. What did we do wrong?”
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Winter is a Culture
“People who live in winter appreciate the spring.” Kimiko Karpoff reflects on winter.
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Spiritual Practice for Lent
Ted has been contemplating the gospel readings for Lent. He offers this series of reflections, inviting folks to consider taking a day a week during this period to pray the scripture, follow the suggestions for spiritual practices and consider the questions about life in faith.
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Patrick’s Song, Brigid’s Well and Columba’s Island
This past weekend, February 7-9, 2014, Ted Dodd was privileged to attend a guided retreat on Celtic Spirituality, with the highly regarded preacher, author, and hymn lyricist, Herbert O’Driscoll. These are Ted’s reflections on the event… O’Driscoll cast a magic spell as he explored the topic with grace and a poet’s soul. With a breadth…
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Diaconal Ministry: History, Discernment, Formation, and Spirituality
Earlier this month, CCS program staff member Ted Dodd attended a course on Diaconal History and Spirituality at the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina.
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Wait! There’s More to Learn?!
Profile of two CCS students who used their CCS credits toward an academic degree.
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Making the Ordinary Strange
Lori Stewart interviewed Kuriko Fujiyoshi from the Dohoku Christian Centre in Hokkaido, Japan.
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Expressing our Values
A new articulation of CCS’s core values, and an invitation to artists to create work inspire by those values.
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Videos from January’s Second Fridays – Respect
Doug McMurtry and Adrian Jacobs inspired us with their wise and insightful commentary on the concept of Respect.
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Both-And Community with Lutheran Deacons
Ted was part of a retreat for the newly formed Lutheran Deacon community in Minnesota. He offered them some tools for reflecting on community in terms of “both/and” polarities.
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Surprise, You’re Chaplain
Helen Reed reflects on coming to CCS for a meeting two weeks ago and spontaneously volunteering to serve as chaplain in the learning circle.
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Hospitality and the Arts – videos from October’s Second Fridays
Jamie Howison and barb janes provided intriguing images of what the relationship between the church, the world, and the arts could be at October’s Second Fridays presentation on October 11, 2013.
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Alive, Alert, Enthusiastic, Awake
Seven CCS students enter their final year of studies this year – bringing together their learning and reflecting on wisdom.
