University of Alabama Christian Faculty and Staff Fellowship

We're taking a short pause from Brother Lawrence's Practicing the Presence of God to hear how some ministries are serving college students during our pandemic summer.   Reverend Hollis Thomas will join us on 6/24 to share what Rock City Church is doing . Rock City has been meeting at the Bryant Conference Center for their Sunday services and will resume after restrictions are lifted, so they have an interest in ministry on campus.  The Zoom information is: To insert into your calendar, click this link to download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZErdOCrrT8rEtejm0Cf3GQ2pKiHzDbDuljb/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGtqDgjGdeRsRGERpwMBIjCXenztilcj7dYlhK1ICYARTKkJslLGqhbEvzF To join the Zoom Meeting, click this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85639334183?pwd=MEx3bnFtbVZiMktaK1Irc1dERVpIQT09 Meeting ID: 856 3933 4183 Password: 043243 One tap mobile +13126266799,,85639334183#,,1#,043243# US (Chicag...

Join us on 6/17 at 12:00 PM when we'll hear from Reverend RJ Voorhees, College Pastor for First Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa. RJ will share how the church's college ministry stays engaged withs students throughout the summer.  Many thanks to Bob Brooks who kindly took on Zoom Room scheduling so we can have a bit more time to interact. The Zoom information is: To insert into your calendar, click this link to download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZErdOCrrT8rEtejm0Cf3GQ2pKiHzDbDuljb/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGtqDgjGdeRsRGERpwMBIjCXenztilcj7dYlhK1ICYARTKkJslLGqhbEvzF To join the Zoom Meeting, click this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85639334183?pwd=MEx3bnFtbVZiMktaK1Irc1dERVpIQT09 Meeting ID: 856 3933 4183 Password: 043243 One tap mobile +13126266799,,85639334183#,,1#,043243# US (Chicago) +19292056099,,85639334183#,,1#,043243# US (New York)  Dial by your location   ...

Join us on 6/10 at 12:00 PM when we'll go through the First Letter from Brother Lawrence in The Practice of the Presence of God. We'll seek advice from one who, while maintaining a degree of isolation in his order, never lacked for companionship with God.  You can find the work at no cost in the Christian Classics Ethereal Library . It's also available for free at Project Gutenberg and the Internet Archive among other locations. I also formatted the Christian Classics Ethereal Library version in outline form to make the text easier to follow.  Here are the Zoom Room details (password is enabled for security): https://us04web.zoom.us/j/78055573117?pwd=QlQxdnNDQ0FhRVp2OGdaUm5tQzBRUT09 Meeting ID: 780 5557 3117 Password: 3DPq55  The 4th Conversation with Brother Lawrence had these statements: "…all things are possible to him who believes , that they are less difficult to him who hopes , they are more easy to him who loves , and still more easy ...

Join us on 6/3 when we'll go through the 4th conversation of Brother Lawrence's The Practice of the Presence of God. We'll seek advice from one who, while maintaining a degree of isolation in his order, never lacked for companionship with God.  You can find the work at no cost in the Christian Classics Ethereal Library . It's also available for free at Project Gutenberg and the Internet Archive among other locations. I also formatted the Christian Classics Ethereal Library version in outline form to make the text easier to follow.  Here are the Zoom Room details (password and waiting room are enabled for security): https://us04web.zoom.us/j/77145897672?pwd=RDlDUUhNSlZqWHYwNTZXM2Jtcm1qdz09 Meeting ID: 771 4589 7672 Password: 3qS1x1  A while back, Drew Trotter, Executive Director for Consortium of Christian Study Centers , joined us via speakerphones to tell us what Christian study centers were all about. A book just came out, To Think Christianly: A History of ...

On Wednesday, May 27 , at 12:00 PM Central we'll do the Third Conversation in Brother Lawrence's The Practice of the Presence of God. We'll seek advice from one who, while maintaining a degree of isolation in his order, never lacked for companionship with God.  You can find the work at no cost in the Christian Classics Ethereal Library . It's also available for free at Project Gutenberg and the Internet Archive among other locations.  Here is the Zoom Room information: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79577945696?pwd=a2JhREZkV1ZxdGpseHd0aHlWbDlpQT09 Meeting ID: 795 7794 5696 Password: 1NAbRC  Ravi Zacharias died on May 19, 2020, after a illustrious career as an apologist for Christianity .  Ravi Zacharias International Ministries has been sharing his articles. One article, " From Disparate Threads ,"  seemed relevant to what we've been learning from Brother Lawrence. The epiphany came after watching a father and son weave saris and understanding ...

On May 20, we'll do the Second Conversation in Brother Lawrence's The Practice of the Presence of God. We'll seek advice from one who, while maintaining a degree of isolation in his order, never lacked for companionship with God.  You can find the work at no cost in the Christian Classics Ethereal Library . It's also available for free at Project Gutenberg and the Internet Archive among other locations.  Here is the Zoom Room information: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/76652061873?pwd=ZUxlWGtzMFpKRjkrNnFOSzNHVW5MUT09   Meeting ID: 766 5206 1873 Password: 7XMUPm  In the First Conversation, Brother Lawrence dropped everything and devoted himself to the simplest and most direct way of cultivating his relationship with God. On the other hand, the Christian research organization, Barna Group, shared some research about what practices modern Americans engaged in that, in some way, might be considered "spiritual."   On 5/20: 325. The Council of Nicea...

The pace that launched a thousand (or more) sermon illustrations: On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes. One illustration pointed out that Bannister was in second place but surged ahead to win when the leader looked back . The illustration linked that runner's mistake to Philippians 3:12-13: " I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me . Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead ." Brother Lawrence was an example of single-mindedness and forgetting the things that are behind.  We'll discuss the First Conversation in Brother Lawrence's The Practice of the Presence of God. We'll seek advice from one who, while maintaining a degree of isolation in his order, never lacked for companionship with God.  You can find the work at no cost i...

Did you know April 29 is Shrimp Scampi Day ? Apparently, shrimp and scampi are different critters. It seems scampi are shrimp, but shrimp aren't scampi . An Internet search will turn up many recipes and articles . Since we spent the spring term thinking about Christian hospitality, shrimp scampi might be one of those dishes you can use when extending hospitality to others.  We had an amazingly rich session with Reverend Dr. Steven Ko, pastor of New York Chinese Alliance Church and MD. He shared background information on the pandemic and what was happening with his church. His main discussion was the Christian sacrifice of social distancing and the theology behind historical Christian responses to epidemics and pandemics.  We're going through the summer to maintain fellowship with each other during this pandemic. Join us in a Zoom Room on Wednesday, April 29 at noon Central. Here are the Zoom Room details: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79515866331?pwd=QUlTTGEzMnpuMlAzZ1J4Sm1qLzZ2...