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What Does It Mean to Live a Missional Life? @TheHighCalling

A Christian radio station commissioned a listener survey and learned that less than 100 people were tuning in to its programming. Instead of being concerned, management’s response was to say that it didn’t matter because their sole responsibility… Read More

Posted on April 19, 2011 by cascheller

church life, Community, Culture, Faith, Leadership, Public Square, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

church life, Community, Culture, Faith, Leadership, Public Square, TheHighCalling, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Evil Through the Eye of the Lens @NJShorePatch

Jewish Federation of Monmouth County hosts documentary screening and discussion on Nazi-era progaganda; honors Congressman Christopher Smith. What do a Congressman, a documentary about Nazi filmmakers, and a 10-time Emmy Award winning director have in common? A discussion… Read More

Posted on April 15, 2011 by cascheller

Art, Community, Culture, Ethics, Faith, Family, History, Public Square, Redemption, Social Action, Vocation

Art, Community, Culture, Ethics, Faith, Family, History, NJ Shore Patch, Public Square, Redemption, Social Action, Vocation

What Makes Those Roller Girls Skate? @NJShorePatch

Jersey Shore Roller Girls season opener gives this longtime fan a glimpse into what propels so many of us to love roller derby. It was a standing room only crowd for the Jersey Shore Roller Girls season opener at… Read More

Posted on March 30, 2011 by cascheller

Community, Culture, Family, Friendship, Public Square, Vocation

Community, Culture, Family, Friendship, NJ Shore Patch, Public Square, Vocation

Lessons from Elite Leaders: What Have We Learned? Part 8 of 8 @TheHighCalling

Highlights from the series. For seven weeks, The High Calling has engaged with the ideas Laity Leadership Institute Senior Fellow D. Michael explored in his new PLATINUM Study on elite leaders. In “Limits, Accountability, & Marriage,” we learned that… Read More

Posted on March 30, 2011 by cascheller

Capitalism, Community, Ethics, Faith, Family, Leadership, Public Square, Social Action, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Capitalism, Community, Ethics, Faith, Family, Leadership, Public Square, Social Action, TheHighCalling, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Out of the Darkness and Into the Light for Suicide Prevention @NJShorePatch

Remembering my son and walking off my grief with other survivors. Monday, March 28 will mark the third anniversary of my son Gabriel’s death by suicide. Instead of wallowing in the grief that continues to haunt my life,… Read More

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Posted on March 23, 2011 by cascheller

Community, Family, Gabriel Gifford Scheller, grief, Leadership, Psychiatry, Psychology, Public Square, Redemption, Social Action, Walkin' the Talk

Community, Family, Gabriel Gifford Scheller, grief, Leadership, NJ Shore Patch, Psychiatry, Psychology, Public Square, Redemption, Social Action, Walkin' the Talk

How I Learned to Love a Show about Mormon Polygamy @Her.meneutics

Despite its troubling views on marriage and family, HBO’s Big Love always felt like an allegory for real people I know. Years before TLC launched its polygamous reality show Sister Wives, Tom Hanks and company produced HBO’s award-winning drama series Big Love, about a family… Read More

Posted on March 22, 2011 by cascheller

Community, Democracy, Faith, Family, Her.meneutics, Public Square, Redemption, Theology, Walkin' the Talk

Iron Chef Got Her Start as “Girl Next Door” at Lacey Township High School @LaceyPatch

Home Economics classes were catalyst for Dena Marino’s culinary career. Although food was a central part of life for acclaimed chef Dena Marino’s Italian American family, it was in Home Economics courses at Lacey Township High School that… Read More

Posted on March 16, 2011 by cascheller

Community, Culture, Family, Vocation

Community, Culture, Family, NJ Shore Patch, Vocation

One Church Said Yes to Perinatal Wellness @NJShorePatch

Rachel McKibben’s experience with Postpartum Psychosis inspired her to accept help on behalf of others. Regional Perinatal Consortium of Monmouth and Ocean Counties (RPCMOC) health educator Amy Goldberg mailed 600 fliers to local religious organizations offering her program… Read More

Posted on March 16, 2011 by cascheller

church life, Community, Faith, Family, Medicine, Psychiatry, Psychology, Redemption, Walkin' the Talk

church life, Community, Faith, Family, Medicine, NJ Shore Patch, Psychiatry, Psychology, Redemption, Walkin' the Talk

When Tragedies Are too Big to Absorb, How Do We Find and Give Comfort? @TheHuffingtonPost

I wonder if any of us is really capable of handling the scope of sorrow that technology now exposes us to. On Friday, as the world was rightly absorbed with the epic tragedy in Japan, I was reporting on… Read More

Posted on March 14, 2011 by cascheller

Community, Faith, Family, grief, Redemption, Technology, The Huffington Post, Walkin' the Talk

Lessons from Elite Leaders: A Theology of Power for the Workplace, Part 6 of 8 @TheHighCalling

How can powerful leaders be effective and responsible? In a 2009 Journal of Religious Leadership article, Laity Leadership Senior Fellow D. Michael Lindsay wrote that evangelicals populate halls of power, but generally “have no theological framework for managing the privileges… Read More

Posted on March 14, 2011 by cascheller

Community, Ethics, Leadership, Public Square, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Community, Ethics, Leadership, Public Square, TheHighCalling, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Lessons from Elite Leaders: Speaking in Different Registers at Work, Part 5 of 8 @TheHighCalling

People are afraid of evangelicals. Why? Laity Leadership Senior Fellow D. Michael Lindsay says his latest research shows that those outside the evangelical fold have fears about evangelicals based on two things: They’re afraid evangelicals won’t do the things… Read More

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Posted on March 7, 2011 by cascheller

Community, Culture, Ethics, Leadership, Politics, Public Square, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Community, Culture, Ethics, Leadership, Politics, Public Square, TheHighCalling, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Jersey Shore Churches Preparing for a Celebration @NJShorePatch

Long before MTV popularized a negative caricature of the Jersey Shore with its Seaside Heights reality show, a fourth grade teacher from Belford was worried about what kind of community his three young children would grow up in…. Read More

Posted on March 2, 2011 by cascheller

church life, Community, Culture, Education, Faith, Family, Leadership, Public Square, Redemption, Social Action, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

church life, Community, Culture, Education, Faith, Family, Leadership, NJ Shore Patch, Public Square, Redemption, Social Action, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

What Does It Mean to Live a Missional Life? @TheHighCalling

What Makes Those Roller Girls Skate? @NJShorePatch

How I Learned to Love a Show about Mormon Polygamy @Her.meneutics

Iron Chef Got Her Start as “Girl Next Door” at Lacey Township High School @LaceyPatch

One Church Said Yes to Perinatal Wellness @NJShorePatch

When Tragedies Are too Big to Absorb, How Do We Find and Give Comfort? @TheHuffingtonPost

Lessons from Elite Leaders: A Theology of Power for the Workplace, Part 6 of 8 @TheHighCalling

Lessons from Elite Leaders: Speaking in Different Registers at Work, Part 5 of 8 @TheHighCalling

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