Ways to Pray: Exploring the Many Paths to Divine Conversation
by Sarah Carson We have long known that conversation doesn’t just happen with language. So if prayer is a way to enter into conversation with God, doesn’t it follow that God might be open to communicating in the vast and varied ways humans are able to listen,...
A Prayer without End
by Sarah Carson When I was a freshman in college, my roommate asked me to go with her to a popular new church in town. It was the mid-2000s, and I was used to getting dressed up for church on Sundays, singing hymns out of a hymnal, and listening to a preacher explain...
Faith Reflections: Rituals for slowing down and inviting God
by Dr. Crystal L. Hall Then Jesus called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal. He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag,...
Communion and Dinner Church
by Melissa Woeppel
A communal worship experience that has been important in my life of faith is the practice of dinner church. Dinner Church is a pattern of worship set around the place of eating, like a dinner table. Worship happens as those gather to eat, share, sing, pray and reflect on Scripture. MORE ›
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The Rev. Joshua Kestner and the students from Lutheran Campus Ministry at Clemson University will host our time together with a special Advent devotion. Join us!
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