Posts Tagged ‘prayers’
What to expect at MSU this fall
Masks, social distancing, and a lot of encouragement to keep yourself and others safe are all part of what we can expect as we move back to campus in a little over a month. MSU has put together a compact that they are asking all those who are part of the MSU community to agree…
Read MoreUncertainty for International students
On Monday, the ICE announced that, despite the current pandemic, international students would not receive a visa if their programs/colleges had primarily online-only instruction. This announcement is causing a lot of stress and uncertainty for international students and the universities themselves. With this new ruling, students do not know if they can finish their programs…
Read MorePrayer from Psalm 5
“The Psalms are not religious in the sense that they are courteous or polite or deferential. They are religious only in the sense that they are willing to speak this chaos to the very face of the Holy One.” (Walter Brueggemann, “Praying the Psalms,” 19) In the spirit of the Psalmist who brings vulnerable feelings…
Read MorePrayer Resource from InterVarsity
InterVarsity put out a recent prayer resource that provides a good overview of different ways that we can pray for the university as we are all affected by COVID-19.
Read MorePandemic Grief
Jessica Wrobelski speaks graciously regarding the grief connected to this pandemic in her article, “Jesus Wept: Pandemic Grief and the Fifth Sunday of Lent.” She notes that, while we in the United States are likely facing more suffering here on account of illness and death from COVID-19, “we are nevertheless collectively experiencing a kind of…
Read MorePrayer for MSU, universities, and the world
MSU stopped in-person classes yesterday, has been encouraging students to leave campus and return to their permanent residence, and has been cancelling gatherings of large groups of people. Most of us are a bit overwhelmed and still processing the concrete implications of this for our lives, while also being uncertain of what will happen in…
Read MoreA prayer for dechurched folks
Terry J. Stokes regularly posts online short contemporary prayers (collects) on all manner of topics. A recent prayer that he posted was for dechurched folks. As we at Campus Edge especially want to be a welcoming community for those who have “been hurt or disillusioned by the church,” this prayer was one that I wanted…
Read MoreDecember report from the Pastor
This past semester, my prayer has been that God would lead to Campus Edge those for whom it would be a blessing and who would be a blessing to Campus Edge. As a ministry that serves a transient population, numbers tend to be a concern for us. This has been especially true this last year…
Read MoreLoneliness, Meaning, and Hope
The Los Angeles times recently published an article by Varun Soni, who is dean of religious life at USC, highlights some of the changes that he’s seen among students during the eleven years he’s been in that role. In the beginning, the conversations he had with students centered on “quests for meaning and purpose. [Students]…
Read MoreWalking and Praying for Campus
Emerging Scholars Network recently published an article by Jamie Noyd which provided suggestions for how walking can be a means for praying for one’s campus. She envisions the campus as a crossroads, “a place of intersection where the church and academia meet.” Noyd has walked the campus weekly this past year, praying that she would…
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