Campus Location
Abilene Campus (Residential)
Date of Award
5-2013
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Graduate School of Theology
Degree Name
Doctor of Ministry
Committee Chair or Primary Advisor
Samjung Kang-Hamilton
Second Committee Member or Secondary Advisor
Glenn Pemberton
Third Committee Member or Committee Reader
Carson E. Reed
Abstract
This doctor of ministry thesis presents the results of a project to promote shalom among some members at the North "A" Church of Christ. The intervention consisted of introducing the practice of lectio divina to a group of volunteers that provide a lunch each Monday to students from a nearby high school, focusing in each of five reading sessions on Jeremiah 29:4-14. In a sixth session an outside expert observed the volunteers as they prepared and served the lunch and then conducted a group interview, seeking signs of shalom among the volunteers. Evaluation of the project pointed to 1) vocabulary associated with shalom used by the volunteers and sensitivity to acts of peacmaking among the volunteers; 2) signs that the act of slow, thoughtful, communal reading promoted a sense of shalom among the volunteers, and 3) appreciation by the project participants for the practice of lectio devina that surprised both the volunteers and me.
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Recommended Citation
Fleming, Gregory Jack, "Promoting Shalom Among the North A Church of Christ Through the Practice of Slow Reading" (2013). Digital Commons @ ACU, Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 616.
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/etd/616