I grew up around deacons. In my Southern Baptist upbringing, deacons were most commonly seen at the church doors, offering handshakes and smiles. Otherwise, they were found in their other natural habitat: at the end of a pew, passing or taking a metal plate. Often, this was an offertory plate, but on special occasions, those…
The Rev. Dr. Erin Faith Moniz serves as the Assistant Chaplain and Director of Chapel for Baylor University. She is ordained as a Deacon in the Anglican Church of North America. Erin received her academic and ministerial training at Berry College (B.S.), Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div.) and Trinity School for Ministry (DMin.). She has been in student ministry in Georgia, Tennessee, and Texas for over fifteen years. Erin is a trained Christian Conciliator with Peace Maker Ministries and loves getting to serve the campus community as a minister and conflict counselor. When she is not traveling with her husband, Michael, she enjoys gardening, playing music, and the outdoors.
Here’s How to Resist the Church’s “Conspiracy of Cordiality”
The following quote is from Stanley Hauerwas’ book Resident Aliens. It has hung in my office for years and I find myself reading on many occasions. As a college chaplain, I am often thinking about how to talk to my students about church; what it is, what it isn’t, why they need to be a…
2 Reasons Why You Should Use Social Media if You’re in Student Ministry
I work with college students and so, like it or not, I have to deal with social media. Over the years, I have resisted being saturated in the world of the ghost, the gram, the book, and the bird, but my tech-savvy students keep dragging me back into virtual spaces I find nearly impossible to…
