Articles by Eileen Campbell-Reed, Academic Entrepreneur

April 26, 2012June 6, 2022Easter 2012 Keeper of the Fire - Year B by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Easter IV | A Pastoral Letter to Baptists

A Pastoral Letter to Baptists April 26, 2012 Greetings in the name of the living Christ, who came to us in human form, showed us the way of love, and who is dwelling among us even now. Last week I…

April 20, 2012Easter 2012 Keeper of the Fire - Year B by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Easter III

The [Baptist] Conference on Sexuality A few quotes & tweets from the first day from the plenary speakers . . . . Jennell Williams Paris: sexual holiness is not an endless set of refusals. #SexandCovenant Paris: sexual feelings & behavior are…

April 12, 2012Easter 2012 Keeper of the Fire - Year B by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Easter II

Another Kind of Salvation Another year of share-cropping has begun. And already the first crisis has been averted: frost. Last night the predictions for a mild freeze were on. So my farmer husband rounded up every trashcan, box, wheelbarrow, five-gallon…

April 8, 2012Easter 2012 Keeper of the Fire - Year B by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Easter

Easter Sunday Six Word Stories* Ring bells. Sing Hallelujah! New life. ++++++++++++ *During Holy Week the posts each day are six word stories. Today’s story is taken from Easter Sunday worship.

April 7, 2012Holy Week 2012 Keeper of the Fire - Year B by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Holy Week VI

Holy Week VI – Saturday Six Word Stories* in silence waiting for new life ++++++++++++ *During Holy Week the posts each day are six word stories. Today’s story is taken from the silence of the biblical witness to the story we are…

April 6, 2012Holy Week 2012 Keeper of the Fire - Year B by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Holy Week V

Holy Week V – Friday Six Word Stories* Cohen: O longing of the branches ++++++++++++ *During Holy Week the posts will be six word stories. Today’s story is taken from Leonard Cohen’s newly released “Old Ideas” album. The song is “Come Healing.”…

April 5, 2012Holy Week 2012 Keeper of the Fire - Year B by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Holy Week IV

Holy Week IV – Thursday Six Word Stories* Maundy (new commandment) wash, serve, love ++++++++++++ *During Holy Week the posts will be six word stories. Today’s story is taken from the gospel reading: John 13:1-17, 31b-35

April 4, 2012Holy Week 2012 Keeper of the Fire - Year B by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Holy Week III

Holy Week III – Wednesday Six Word Stories* surrounded by a cloud of witnesses ++++++++++++ *During Holy Week the posts will be six word stories. Today’s story is taken from the epistle reading: Hebrews 12:1-3.

April 3, 2012Holy Week 2012 Keeper of the Fire - Year B by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Holy Week II

Holy Week II – Tuesday Six Word Stories* During Holy Week the posts will be six word stories. Today’s story is taken from the lectionary gospel text: John 12:20-36.

April 2, 2012Holy Week 2012 Keeper of the Fire - Year B by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Holy Week I

Holy Week I – Monday Six Word Stories* ______________________ * During Holy Week the posts will be six word stories.

March 28, 2012Keeper of the Fire - Year B Lent 2012 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent IX

Cherry Blossom Last fall I posted several “six word stories” while traveling on vacation. I thought it would be nice to offer a few more in the final days of Lent and opening days of spring. I’ve learned a little…

March 25, 2012Keeper of the Fire - Year B Lent 2012 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent VIII

Just Another Night in Nashville I forget sometimes how saturated this town is with layers and layers of musical talent. It’s just where I live, buy groceries, take a run, attend church, and go out to eat. But last night…

March 21, 2012Keeper of the Fire - Year B Lent 2012 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent VII

Visio Divina: Psalm 139 There are so many amazing and multi-layered images in Psalm 139. It has been a good companion through the season of Lent. (You can read more in previous posts: Lent I, Lent III and Lent VI.) The psalm…

March 19, 2012Keeper of the Fire - Year B Lent 2012 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent VI

Examen Psalm 139:7-12* Nearly five hundred years ago (1521), a young man named Ignatius went off to war. He was injured with a cannonball and had to return home to the Basque region of Spain to recover. As he recuperated…

March 14, 2012Keeper of the Fire - Year B Lent 2012 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent V

A Sunday Full of Song The weekend may have had less hours, but it had more church than usual for me. I was in the Twin Cities after working a few days on Luther’s campus last week. Saturday night I made…

March 8, 2012July 17, 2022Keeper of the Fire - Year B Lent 2012 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent IV

Learning about Writing I’ve been reading Wendell Berry’s 2010 book Imagination in Place. I like a book that doesn’t have to have the requisite colon and subtitle. (Don’t get me wrong, I like colons and subtitles, but it’s a pleasant change…

March 4, 2012Keeper of the Fire - Year B Lent 2012 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent III

Praying from the Pit Psalm 139: 17-22* 17 How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! 18 I try to count them—they are more than the sand; I come to the end—I am still…

March 1, 2012Keeper of the Fire - Year B Lent 2012 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent II

Save the Day What’s it gonna take to save the day What you gonna need to feel okay If you close your eyes what would you pray What’s it gonna take to save the day What a great set of…

February 27, 2012Keeper of the Fire - Year B Lent 2012 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent I

Praying Psalm 139:1-6* Lectio Divina (Divine Reading) Throughout Lent this year we will be gathering along the way for worship and within this time of worship we will sing and pray and walk along together led by Psalm 139.…

February 22, 2012Ash Wednesday 2012 Keeper of the Fire - Year B by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Ash Wednesday

Music for the Journey from Fat Tuesday to Ash Wednesday On Mardi Gras I spent the day at the house of the Sisters of Charity in Leavenworth, Kansas. I was leading a retreat with a lovely group of new Presbyterian…

February 15, 2012Epiphany 2012 Keeper of the Fire - Year B by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Epiphany IX

Psalm 139 on a Wednesday night When I speak to children I speak in a voice that gathers them in Even while they tumble across the carpet Like puppies with clothes They whine and yip and yelp occasionally But when…

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