Alumni Newsletter
Free(d) Spirit: Where Creating Surprisingly Connects
2010 Martin James Carney Free(d) Spirit: Where Creating Surprisingly Connects Using a Trinitarian structure, I tell the story of the OpenSpaces Project. Art instructor Kitty Lynne Klich and the Rev. Martin Carney created this project during the winter of 2009. The...
A Wandering Storyteller was my Ancestor
2010 Gene Bentley Manning A Wandering Storyteller was my Ancestor: Listening to and Preaching God's Story This thesis explores the importance of honoring “story” within the context of the sermon. Drawing from narrative theology and several modern day homileticians,...
Guests in the House: Preaching a Cathedral Ministry
2010 Helen Elizabeth Jacobi Guests in the House: Preaching a Cathedral Ministry Preaching in a cathedral setting requires the preacher to be particularly attentive to the context and secular world of cathedral guests. Cathedrals are houses of prayer for all who come,...
An Active Practice of Hope
2010 Sharon Ann Hayston An Active Practice of Hope: Building Collaborative Partnerships within the Preaching Process Throughout the history of Christianity, the preaching ministry has been the primary responsibility of the ordained. Frequently overlooked within this...
Rearranging the Chairs on the Deck of the Titanic
2009 Suzannah Lynn Rohman Rearranging the Chairs on the Deck of the Titanic: An Examination of the Adaptive Change Facing Four Congregations in Arlington, Virginia It is my belief that the majority of the mainline Protestant churches in this country are facing...
The Elephant in the Room: Redevelopment, Leadership, and Dwindling Resources
2009 David W. Englund The Elephant in the Room: Redevelopment, Leadership, and Dwindling Resources This paper explores the nature and causes of decline in congregations, the kind of leadership needed to guide declining congregations into health and missional ministry,...