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God’s story, our story : a narrative approach for discovery of congregational identity and purpose
(2020)Many North American Mennonite churches live in a climate of confusion and anxiety struggling to understand who they are and why they exist. This project explores how a congregation’s self-understanding is shaped by stories ... -
Pacing presence : impact of relational ministry course for graduates of Kuyper College working with adolescents
(2019)Using the Success Case Method developed by Robert Brinkerhoff, the survey and interviews revealed a direct correlation between the amount of time spent in an adolescent’s environment and the quality of the conversations ...
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Ecclesiology and discipleship : rediscovering an effective communal approach
(2019)I love what the Reformed Church in America adopted in 2013 as its 15-year vision for ministry (condensed to this phrase), “Transformed and Transforming.” It is both “life change” and “life changing.” There’s a considerable ...
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Hispanic Pentecostal ministry in greater Grand Rapids : balancing calling and training toward a sustainable and healthy ministry
(2020)Leadership styles, worship, and liturgy of the Hispanic Pentecostal congregations are shaped by their rich, diverse cultural background. While they offer a welcoming and familiar community to migrating families, there ...
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Post-Christian narratives for liturgical formation: formation, worship, and mission at Alger Park Church
(2018)After some unexpected shifts in my own faith journey, and in the faith journeys of some people I deeply love, I found myself wondering how I, and my friends and neighbors who have left or never known the church, might ...
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Humility : a retreat of ritual and pathways
(2019)This project contains an action research impact study that developed a retreat for first-call, rural, Midwestern, male pastors in their first five years of ministry. The retreat intended for these pastors to have a ... -
Walking in water : nurturing baptismal identity through congregational worship
(2019)How can congregations prepare our young people for the challenges of an unknown future? I came into this project with three assumptions: the key to preparing our young people for the future lies in identity formation; the ... -
Mindfulness for healthcare staff with direct patient care
(2019)As a chaplain, I work in the context of healthcare with staff who provides direct patient care in the midst of burnout and compassion fatigue. I experience firsthand their stress and anxiousness which results in high ...
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Asking, giving, and receiving : a practical spirituality of Christian fundraising in Young Life
(2019)This thesis will recast fundraising from a mostly secularized approach to one that views fundraising as a spiritual practice. Young Life staff members are trained in how to proclaim the gospel and program activities in ...
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Preaching and missional engagement : indwelling the Word, performing the Word, engaging the World
(2018)This project is an appreciative inquiry of a homiletical method that involves interiorizing Scripture for performance as it’s offered at Pillar Church leading to increased missional engagement within the congregation. ...
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Olympic Airways
(1990)Airplane being prepared for departure as the students await their leave inside the Samos Airport. -
The steps leading to the monk cells.
(1990)From the courtyard steps on the right lead to the quarters of the monks -
The Frescoes of the Refectory
(1990)The peeling frescoes on the left once covered the walls and ceilings of the refectory.
