By Allison Snyder I will begin as most stories do, unless you’re Kurt Vonnegut, at the beginning. BVS began following World War II as an alternative to military action. It’s been ongoing ever since and has become a big thing in my church denomination, the Church of the Brethren. Basically, it is a smaller version
orientation
Hyper-real Unconditional Positive Regard: BVS Orientation
By Emily Davis Perception of reality is often so subjective and inconsistent that it can subvert being present with others. That in conversation or from moment to moment there is a sense of surreal space and time, where situations seem distant, foreign or magnified; where waking consciousness seems more sleep-like. A friend recently spoke so
Orientation 2013
All was quite tranquil at the Brethren offices in Elgin until early that first of June when arrived a white van filled with Mss’ers from afar who’d come to town the previous afternoon. Lectio Divina – a divine reading – not the fictional incantation you might think prepared our minds and hearts each day for