One of my guilty statistical pleasures is the data collected by the Public Religion Research Institute. For the most part church folk are not much about numbers. It’s about faith, not the number of people in the room. It’s about …
My personal mission statement for my work at Lynchburg College is that each member of our community will have opportunity for spiritual growth while they are here. I hope that students, faculty and staff have a place for growth along …
So let’s name Lynchburg College as a community with some diversities of economic status, race, ethnicities, political views, sexual orientations…thousands of other things… and of faith and non-faith traditions. We may do well with our diversity on some days and …
The Spiritual Life staff prides itself on meaningful low-budget programs, and two years ago Anne Gibbons was inspired to start Thankful Thursdays. We have a banner and some note cards that get set up by different people and organizations on …
Holy One, On this grey day I celebrate the nurture of the rain. I grow tired of dampness and mud puddles. I am chilled to the bone. I am weary of wet shoes. I am tired of plastic slickers. My …
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and when I think about the lives on this campus that have been touched by breast cancer, the numbers are hard to bear. One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer; even …
The test for the emergency warning system just went off again…must be 9:55 a.m. on the first Wednesday of the month. It used to go off at 10 a.m., but faculty requested that it be moved to the transition time …
In an Emergency? Attention Faculty, Staff and Students Read more »
Tuesday late afternoon I hope you had an opportunity to join the Spiritual Life staff on the Dell. There were a variety of activities—coloring mandalas, walking a labyrinth, making prayer beads, meeting a new friend in the ball pit, meditating, …
Monday, in celebration of the last day of classes, there was a Bubble Wrap Stomp in front of Schewel Hall, sponsored by the Spiritual Life Center. We had a blast! There is something therapeutic about popping bubble wrap, and it …
Jump, Meditate, Pray . . . Getting Through Finals Week Read more »
This is the list I’m reflecting on: A seminary friend posted on Facebook that his friend lost two family members – a cousin and grandson – in the Kansas City shootings. A text from our Hillel director came in that …