Cultivating a Garden of Shalom by Lynne Caldwell
With five kids to raise, my parents planted a big garden every year. What hard work it was for my brother, with the neighbor’s borrowed...
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- Dec 28, 2021
- 2 min
Before Hallelujah Comes the Ouch by Rev. Soniyyah "Sonna" B. Key
Write the vision down and make it plain. These were the words from God to the prophet Habakkuk. When we talk about vision, we often think...
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- Dec 15, 2021
- 3 min
Shalom is a Meal by Paul Chilcote
Shalom is one of those big words. It defies easy definition. Peace. Harmony. Justice. Wholeness. Well-being for all. All these work. But...
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- Dec 7, 2021
- 2 min
Neighborhood Seminary's Pursuit of Cultivating Shalom
Neighborhood Seminary brings the love of God to the home, school, neighborhood, workplace, and world. Our vision is for God’s liberating,...
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- Nov 22, 2021
- 6 min
Bodily Awareness by Amelia Koh-Butler
This is my body, given for you ... On a scorching and smoking summer day in Sydney in December 2019, my friend Mary broke bread and...
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- Nov 15, 2021
- 2 min
Neighborhood Seminary's Pursuit of Embodying Good News
Neighborhood Seminary brings the love of God to the home, school, neighborhood, workplace, and world. Our vision is for God’s liberating,...
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- Nov 5, 2021
- 3 min
Nurturing My Community by Michelle Higgins, a Neighborhood Seminary graduate
When I hear the words “to nurture” I think of “care for and encourage the growth or development of someone or something”. It’s easy to...
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- Oct 23, 2021
- 9 min
Nurturing Community: Relational Humility by Ray Buckley, Neighborhood Seminary Faculty
“God is good, but can He get you your own dressing room?”—Sister Act 2 Francis of Assisi was not a priest. Toward the end of his young...
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- Oct 18, 2021
- 2 min
Neighborhood Seminary's Pursuit of Nurturing Community
Neighborhood Seminary brings the love of God to the home, school, neighborhood, workplace, and world. Our vision is for God’s liberating,...
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- Oct 15, 2021
- 2 min
Courage by the Rev. Soniyyah (Sonna) B. Key
On occasion, I have these momentary moments of reflective stillness. I sit still until my fears run out of reason and air. I patiently...
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- Oct 10, 2021
- 6 min
Learning About God's Mission of Making All Things New by Lynne B. Caldwell
Television shows about remodeling homes, restoring old furniture, re-purposing objects for new and creative uses bring me joy and wonder!...
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- Sep 27, 2021
- 2 min
The Resilience of the Dandelion Rev. Soniyyah "Sonna" B. Key
I was headed to my car when I’m not sure who, but someone said, "Look, the dandelions are back." Someone else replied, "Once or twice a...
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- Sep 21, 2021
- 2 min
God Is Making All Things New
by Elaine Heath What we see in Jesus’s life is a God who thoroughly lives into our neighborhoods. He understands our lives because he has...
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- Sep 15, 2021
- 2 min
Hope In the Eyes of Our Children
"Racism is a grown-up disease and we must stop using our children to spread it." Ruby Bridges Neighborhood Seminary works with...
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- Jun 1, 2020
- 1 min
On the Death of George Floyd, Our Brother
Our brother, George Floyd, has died at the hands of the police while onlookers and Mr. Floyd himself, begged for his life. In the wake of...
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- May 21, 2020
- 5 min
Doing Justice, Loving Mercy, Walking Humbly
Doing Justice, Loving Mercy, Walking Humbly Elaine A. Heath, Ph.D. President, Neighborhood Seminary May 17, 2020 It will soon be two...
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- Oct 8, 2019
- 3 min
Native American Christianity and Cultures of Eastern North Carolina: A Pilgrimage
Join us for a pilgrimage to the “land of the Lumbee!” (This pilgrimage is made possible by a generous grant from the Reynolds Ministries...
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- Sep 16, 2019
- 1 min
Healing the Wounds of Racism in Eastern North Carolina
Elaine Heath, Lynne Caldwell, and Kimberly Clarke of Neighborhood Seminary, and Margaret Brunson of Illumined Leadership Solutions lead a...
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