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Roller Girls Recover in Championship Style @NJShorePatch

There’s a saying in the entertainment business that “the show must go on,” but it’s not always true. For the Jersey Shore Roller Girls, the region’s all-female flat-track roller derby league, the decision whether or not to cancel… Read More

Posted on December 22, 2012 by cascheller

Community, Culture, Friendship, Leadership, Public Square, Redemption, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

and jersey shore roller girls, Community, comraderie, Culture, Entertainment, Friendship, Hurricane Sandy, Jersey Shore, Leadership, NJ Shore Patch, Public Square, Redemption, Roller Derby, Storm Damage, Team work, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Which Is the Better Story @Image Journal’s Good Letters blog

“There’s a scene early in Ang Lee’s majestic Life of Pi film in which the main character watches everything he loves die. Pi is floating in a vast, murky sea as the ship carrying his family and their zoo animals… Read More

Posted on November 24, 2012 by cascheller

Art, Beauty, Books, Christianity, Community, Culture, Ethics, Faith, Family, Friendship, grief, Humanism, Islam, Philosophy, Redemption, Theology, Travel, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

3-D, Ang Lee, Art, Atheism, Beauty, Books, Christianity, Community, Culture, death, Entertainment, Epistemology, Ethics, Faith, Family, filmmaking, Friendship, grief, Humanism, Islam, Judaism, Life of Pi, lost at sea, movie review, ontology, Philosophy, Redemption, religion, suffering, Theology, tragedy, Travel, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk, Yann Martell

Recapturing Innocence With Ang Lee @TheHighCalling

The sound of a baby’s laughter. A six year old’s wide-eyed wonder on Christmas morning. The moment you first believed. Who doesn’t want to relive innocence like that? For Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee, recapturing innocence in life,… Read More

Posted on November 24, 2012 by cascheller

Art, Beauty, Christianity, Community, Culture, Ethics, Faith, Family, Friendship, grief, Humanism, Islam, Leadership, Travel, Vocation

Ang Lee, Art, Beauty, burn out, Christianity, Community, creativity, Culture, David Magee, Ethics, Faith, Family, filmmaking, Friendship, grief, Humanism, innocence, Islam, Judaism, Leadership, Life of Pi, mentoring, religion, suffering, Suraj Sharma, TheHighCalling, Travel, Vocation

When Storms Come @Faith&Leadership

Like a thrill ride gone terribly wrong, Hurricane Sandy barreled through my beloved Jersey Shore last month. Except during college and a six-year sojourn in California, this area has always been home, the place where I grew up… Read More

Posted on November 19, 2012 by cascheller

Christianity, church life, Community, Culture, Faith, Family, Friendship, Gabriel Gifford Scheller, grief, Leadership, Redemption, Theology, Walkin' the Talk

Christianity, church life, Community, Culture, death, Faith, Faith&Leadership, Family, Friendship, Gabriel Gifford Scheller, gratitude, grief, Hurricane Sandy, Leadership, Redemption, resilience, Thanksgiving, Theology, Trauma, Walkin' the Talk

Managing the ‘Disaster After the Disaster’ @NJShorePatch

“You’ve probably been asked by out-of-state friends where to send Hurricane Sandy donations and what kind? It’s a daunting task to advise people when you’re in the midst of a crisis, but as the Associated Press reported, unwanted donations… Read More

Posted on November 19, 2012 by cascheller

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

American Red Cross, and brick township high school, church life, Community, Culture, Disaster Relief, Donations, Family, Friendship, Hurricane Sandy, Leadership, NJ Shore Patch, Point Pleasant Beach High School, Police Athletic League, Public Square, Redemption, Salvation Army, Social Action, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

A New Kind of Heroine @TheHighCalling

The protaganist of Disney/Pixar’s newest feature film “Brave” is an unlikely heroine. The Scottish princess confronts and overcomes what she views as a constricted future for her life, but she also learns that her own unfettered dreams can be… Read More

Posted on November 19, 2012 by cascheller

Art, Beauty, Christianity, Community, Culture, Ethics, Faith, Family, Leadership, Redemption, Technology, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Art, Beauty, Brave, Christianity, Community, Culture, Entertainment, Ethics, Faith, Family, heroines, Katherine Sarafian, Leadership, Mirada, Pixar, Redemption, storytelling, Technology, TheHighCalling, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Common Grace Flowing at the Jersey Shore @UrbanFaith

“Hurricane Sandy did a whole lot of mischief here at the Jersey Shore. So much so that Halloween has been canceled* by order of the governor. I doubt anyone cares. We’re too busy looking for power, gasoline, and… Read More

Posted on November 19, 2012 by cascheller

Community, Culture, Environmentalism, grief, Public Square, Redemption, Social Action, Walkin' the Talk

Community, Culture, Environmentalism, Flickr, grief, Halloween, Hilton Garden Inn, Hurricane Sandy, Jersey Shore, Mantoloking New Jersey, Natural Disaster, New Jersey, Public Square, Redemption, Sandy, Social Action, UrbanFaith, Walkin' the Talk

Religion + Life with Elaine H. Ecklund, Part 6: Putting It All Together @TheHighCalling

Our five-part series on the work of Laity Leadership Institute Senior Fellow Elaine Howard Ecklund focused on her research into what scientists really think about religion. It’s been a compelling and fascinating series. In part one of the… Read More

Posted on June 16, 2012 by cascheller

Bioethics, Books, Christianity, Community, Culture, Democracy, Education, Ethics, Faith, Family, Leadership, Medicine, Philosophy, Public Square, Redemption, Social Action, Technology, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Bioethics, Books, Christianity, Community, Culture, Democracy, Education, Elaine Howard Ecklund, Ethics, evolution, Faith, Family, Laity Leadership Institute, Leadership, Medicine, Philosophy, Public Square, Redemption, Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think, Social Action, stem cell research, Technology, The High Calling, TheHighCalling, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Religion + Life with Elaine H. Ecklund, Part 5: International Attitudes @TheHighCalling

In her book Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think, Laity Leadership Institute Senior Fellow Elaine Howard Ecklund focused exclusively on the views of American scientists at elite universities. Now, with a grant from the Templeton World Charity Foundation,… Read More

Posted on May 28, 2012 by cascheller

Bioethics, Books, Christianity, Community, Culture, Democracy, Education, Ethics, Faith, Family, Leadership, Medicine, Philosophy, Public Square, Redemption, Social Action, Technology, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Bioethics, Books, Christianity, Community, Culture, Democracy, Education, Elaine Howard Ecklund, Ethics, Faith, Family, Laity Leadership Institute, Leadership, Medicine, Philosophy, Public Square, Redemption, religion, Science, Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think, Social Action, Technology, The High Calling, TheHighCalling, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

A Funky Retirement: Celebrating Cornel West @UrbanFaith

In this audio clip, Lupe Fiasco dedicates a song to the well educated women of Princeton and talks about West’s influence. And, in these videos he, George Clinton & P-Funk jam. In this audio clip, comedian Bill Maher… Read More

Posted on May 18, 2012 by cascheller

Art, Beauty, Christianity, Community, Culture, Education, Ethics, Faith, Friendship, Humanism, Leadership, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Public Square, Race, Redemption, Social Action, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Art, Beauty, Bill Maher, Christianity, Community, Cornel West, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Ethics, Faith, Friendship, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Harry Belefonte, Humanism, Leadership, Lupe Fiasco, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Princeton University Gospel Ensemble, Public Square, Race, Redemption, Social Action, Terrence Blanchard, the Cornel West Theory, Theology, UrbanFaith, UrbanFaith.com, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Religion + Life with Elaine H. Ecklund, Part 4: Worshiping Science @TheHighCalling

“There are generally two sides to every lovers’ quarrel and this is true in the argument between theology, once known as the “Queen of the Sciences,” and modern science, now the undisputed king. In two previous articles about… Read More

Posted on April 28, 2012 by cascheller

Bioethics, Books, Christianity, Community, Culture, Democracy, Education, Ethics, Faith, Family, Leadership, Medicine, Philosophy, Public Square, Redemption, Social Action, Technology, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Bioethics, Books, Christianity, Community, Culture, Dallas Willard, Democracy, Education, Elaine Howard Ecklund, Ethics, Faith, Family, Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Laity Leadership Institute, Leadership, Medicine, Moral Knowledge, Philosophy, Public Square, Redemption, Scientism, Social Action, Technology, The High Calling, TheHighCalling, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Religion + Life with Elaine H. Ecklund, Part 3: Myth Busting @TheHighCalling

Would it surprise you to learn that only two percent of scientists are evangelical, or are willing to identify as such? This is what Laity Leadership Institute Senior Fellow Elaine Howard Ecklund found when she surveyed approximately 1700… Read More

Posted on April 14, 2012 by cascheller

Bioethics, Books, Christianity, Community, Culture, Democracy, Education, Ethics, Faith, Family, Leadership, Medicine, Philosophy, Public Square, Redemption, Social Action, Technology, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Bioethics, Books, Christianity, Community, Culture, Democracy, Education, Ethics, Faith, Family, Karl Ecklundelaine howard ecklundHoustonImmigrant ReligionimmigrationKorean American Evangelicals: New Models for Civic LifeLaity Leadership InstituteLarge Haldron Collider CERN expirementMedicinepedi, Leadership, Medicine, Philosophy, Public Square, Redemption, Social Action, Technology, The High Calling, TheHighCalling, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Roller Girls Recover in Championship Style @NJShorePatch

Which Is the Better Story @Image Journal’s Good Letters blog

Recapturing Innocence With Ang Lee @TheHighCalling

When Storms Come @Faith&Leadership

A New Kind of Heroine @TheHighCalling

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