By Daniel Brockhan, CBF-endorsed hospital chaplain It begins with a flicker… of images: Doctors and nurses running, scurrying back and forth quickly, trying desperately to save a life, to bring them back from the threshold of death, to some hopefully stable and sustainable form of life. Family in the room, as the doctors compress their loved … Continue reading
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Blind Bartimaeus: Experiencing Christ through prayer
By Karen Harwell I’m teaching a class on experiencing Christ through prayer. It’s been exciting to prepare materials and lead the class members in different prayer practices as we walked through the life of Jesus together. This preparation and teaching has been one of the favorite things in my week this Spring and I hate … Continue reading
Learning to Learn Together: CBF Fellows are teaching all of us! (Part 5)
By Bo Prosser What started out as a cohort of 25 first time ministers has blossomed into an important teaching tool. Yes, the Fellows are catching a vision for leadership, deepening their formation, and engaging in purposeful ministry. And, yes, these colleagues are bonding in a depth of fellowship that will carry them well into … Continue reading
CBF Fellows: Wise Building (Part 4)
By Carol McEntyre In Matthew chapter seven, Jesus says that there are two kinds of builders: wise and foolish. Wise builders, construct their houses on the rock; while foolish builders construct their houses on the sand. When the rain comes and when the wind beats against the houses, the houses built on the rock stand … Continue reading
CBF Fellows: A Questionable Beginning (Part 3)
By Matthew Richard The fellows program did not start off well for me. After running into several cohort members in the airport I had managed to become excited for the first meeting. The talks we had on Georgia’s “Marta” train shuttling us from the airport to a central meeting spot were energizing. The handful of … Continue reading
CBF Fellows: What if? (Part 2)
By Brittany Riddle When I first heard about the CBF Fellows program, I was just a few months into my first full-time ministry position and trying to navigate all of the transitions that come with ending formal schooling and beginning a first full-time job. I had recently moved to a new community where I didn’t … Continue reading
CBF Fellows: What I’ve Learned (Part 1)
By Karen Harwell and Terry Hamrick Most would agree that no one can learn it all in seminary. In fact, many skills and tools for ministry are impossible to teach in a pure classroom setting. Most recent graduates ask a completely new set of questions once they begin to practice congregational ministry full-time. Habits of … Continue reading
The Artistic and Healing Side of Prayer
The following blog is re-posted from Karen Harwell, CBF Missional Congregations Associate and a recent graduate of CBF Partner McAfee School of Theology. Praying in Color* — I’d done it before in class at McAfee and one morning at a CBF conference. I thought I knew what to expect when encouraging our new ladies prayer … Continue reading
