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9/11 Lessons in Civil Religion @NJShorePatch

Inter-faith messages remind Monmouth County residents who they are. In Jean-Jacque Rousseau’s model of civil religion, the state is unified and strengthened by public displays of faith that refer to deity, point to the afterlife, draw attention to the… Read More

Posted on September 13, 2011 by cascheller

Christianity, church life, Community, Culture, Faith, Family, Friendship, grief, History, Islam, Leadership, Philosophy, Politics, Public Square, Redemption, Walkin' the Talk

9/11 anniversary, Christianity, church life, Civil Religion, Community, Culture, DeForest Soaries, Faith, Family, Friendship, grief, History, Islam, Jean-Jacque Rouseau, Judaism, Leadership, Monmouth County, NJ Shore Patch, Philosophy, Politics, Public Square, Redemption, Walkin' the Talk

What I Wrote This Week @UrbanFaith: September 5-9

How Did 9/11 Change Urban Ministry? With the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in mind, Christian leaders Jeremy Del Rio, DeForest Soaries, and Shane Claiborne reflect on how 9/11 changed urban ministry in America. Clergy… Read More

Posted on September 10, 2011 by cascheller

Christianity, church life, Community, Culture, Democracy, Ethics, Faith, Family, Friendship, grief, History, Politics, Public Square, Race, Redemption, Social Action, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Christianity, church life, Community, Culture, Democracy, Ethics, Faith, Family, Friendship, grief, History, Politics, Public Square, Race, Redemption, Social Action, Theology, UrbanFaith.com, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Jersey Shore Faithful to Commemorate 9/11 Anniversary @NJShorePatch

Sacred remembrances dominate the weekend calendar. Mayor Michael Bloomberg may have excluded clergy from the 9/11 10th anniversary ceremony at the memorial site in New York City, but there are plenty of opportunities here at the Jersey Shore for sacred remembrances. Here are… Read More

Posted on September 10, 2011 by cascheller

Christianity, church life, Community, Culture, Faith, Family, Friendship, grief, History, Islam, Leadership, Public Square, Redemption

9/11 anniversary, Christianity, church life, Community, Culture, Events, Faith, Family, Friendship, grief, History, Islam, Jersey Shore, Judaism, Leadership, NJ Shore Patch, Public Square, Redemption

Listening to 9/11 Stories at @NJShorePatch

Two women recall their close encounters with those devastated by the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks. Mary Mick Davis The first time I saw Mary Davis in the spring of 2002, she was wearing a hard hat and overseeing a… Read More

Posted on September 8, 2011 by cascheller

Christianity, Community, Faith, Family, Friendship, grief, History, Leadership, Public Square, Redemption, Social Action, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

9/11 anniversary, Christianity, Community, Faith, Family, Flight 93, Friendship, grief, Ground Zero, History, Jean and Don Peterson, Leadership, NJ Shore Patch, Public Square, Redemption, Social Action, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Only a Number Takes Top Prize at Jersey Shore Film Festival @NJ Shore Patch

Steven Besserman shares his ailing mother’s Holocaust memories in award winning documentary. “A17855: This became my only identity. This was Auschwitz,” Aranka Besserman says in the film tribute to her memories of the Holocaust that her son Steven Besserman… Read More

Posted on August 13, 2011 by cascheller

Art, Beauty, Books, Community, Culture, Ethics, Faith, Family, Friendship, grief, History, Politics, Public Square, Redemption, Social Action, Travel

Art, Beauty, Books, Community, Culture, Ethics, Faith, Family, Friendship, grief, History, Judaism, Politics, Public Square, Redemption, Social Action, Travel

Faith at Work, Part 7: Putting It All Together @TheHighCalling

Figuring out how to integrate our faith with our work is a primary interest for the High Calling community. In our series about the work of Laity Leadership Institute Senior Fellow David W. Miller, we learned about four… Read More

Posted on August 13, 2011 by cascheller

Books, Capitalism, Community, Culture, Education, Ethics, Faith, Family, Friendship, grief, History, Leadership, Public Square, Redemption, Social Action, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Books, Capitalism, Community, Culture, Education, Ethics, Faith, Family, Friendship, grief, History, Leadership, Public Square, Redemption, Social Action, TheHighCalling, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Faith at Work, Part 3: Uncompromising Ethics @TheHighCalling

Jimmy Dunne is, by his own admission, a man who sees the world in black and white. In a time when shades of gray are increasingly admired, this is not always a popular perspective. But Dunne’s singular vision became… Read More

Posted on July 14, 2011 by cascheller

Community, Culture, Ethics, Faith, Family, Friendship, grief, History, Leadership, Public Square, Redemption, Social Action, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Community, Culture, Ethics, Faith, Family, Friendship, grief, History, Leadership, Public Square, Redemption, Social Action, TheHighCalling, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

What I Wrote This Week @UrbanFaith: July 4-8

It was a short work week because of the Fourth of July holiday, so even though I wrote three posts for Urban Faith, only one was published this week, and perhaps that’s appropriate given that it’s a bit… Read More

Posted on July 8, 2011 by cascheller

About the Explorer, Blogging, Culture, Ethics, Faith, Gabriel Gifford Scheller, grief, History, Public Square, Race, Redemption, Social Action, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Blogging, Culture, Ethics, Faith, Gabriel Gifford Scheller, grief, History, Public Square, Race, Redemption, Social Action, UrbanFaith.com, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

A Fitting Tribute

Over the weekend, my niece and I joined 2000+ suicide survivors for the 18 mile Overnight Walk through New York City. A record $2.5 million was raised for suicide prevention, research, and survivor support services. Our team contributed… Read More

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Posted on June 6, 2011 by cascheller

Family, Gabriel Gifford Scheller, grief, Leadership, neurofibromatosis, Psychiatry, Psychology, Public Square, Race, Redemption, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

Family, Gabriel Gifford Scheller, grief, Leadership, neurofibromatosis, Psychiatry, Psychology, Public Square, Race, Redemption, UrbanFaith.com, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk

A Mother’s Day Prayer for Those Who Have Lost a Child

Is there a holiday more challenging for mothers who’ve lost a child than this one? If there is I don’t know it. Where once there had been homemade cards and breakfast in bed, now there is a glaring… Read More

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Posted on May 7, 2011 by cascheller

Faith, Family, grief, Redemption, Theology, Walkin' the Talk

Clarence Clemons Asks: Who Do I think I am? @Manasquan-BelmarPatch

Documentary on E Street Band’s ‘Big Man’ premieres at Garden State Film Festival. Clarence Clemons had dispersed a crowd on the Great Wall of China so a filmmaker could record him playing his saxophone when a member of the crowd… Read More

Posted on April 5, 2011 by cascheller

Art, Beauty, Culture, Faith, Family, grief, Medicine, Redemption, Theology, Travel, Vocation

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

9/11 Lessons in Civil Religion @NJShorePatch

Jersey Shore Faithful to Commemorate 9/11 Anniversary @NJShorePatch

A Fitting Tribute

A Mother’s Day Prayer for Those Who Have Lost a Child

Clarence Clemons Asks: Who Do I think I am? @Manasquan-BelmarPatch

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