by social@thebtscenter.org | Oct 6, 2017 | 21stCenturyMinistry, 21stCenturyMission, DigitalMinistry, Re-mediating Religion, Themes
Lately I’ve been thinking about a passage from the Gospel of John in which Jesus reminds Peter that our youthful vigor and self-determination will always fade. “Very truly, I tell you” Jesus says, “when you were younger, you used to fasten your own belt and to go...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Oct 4, 2017 | 21stCenturyReligion, 21stCenturySpirituality, Hope, Themes
Editors Note: Each month, Bearings contributors offer insights on a key theme in the practice of life-as-ministry. As the final installment in the issue, The BTS Center’s scholar-in-residence Pamela Shellberg, PhD reflects on the articles in the issue and poses...
by Kay Ahmed | Sep 7, 2017 | AboutBearings, Hope, Themes
When we began Bearings three years ago—all the way back in the world of September 2014—we had some modest aspirations. In his introductory post, Bob Grove-Markwood contextualized the blog by drawing on his navigational experience as a Marine and a transplanted Mainer....
