The Episcopal Campus Ministry at the University of Chicago
Mar 15 2009
Jake Bitner was invited to give a reflection at Lenten service of Benediction at the Church of the Atonement this past Friday: Lenten Meditation at Atonement, 13 March 2009 How is it possible? How can God be present to us in bread and wine? The Lord God–Immortal, Invisible, Omnipotent, and Omniscient—self-revealing in a wafer of [...]
Mar 15 2009
Sermon on UNCSW at Brent House, 3/8/09 Genesis 17:1-16 Mark 8:31-38 I just got back last night from an absolutely incredible week. I spent nine days in New York at the UN Commission on the Status of Women’s annual conference as an Anglican observer. I was completely overwhelmed by the number of people and issues [...]
Mar 09 2009
Sarah Staudt’s reflection on the healing service we held after Westboro Baptist’s visit to campus today: No one came. We held a healing service, to heal the wounds caused by hateful words and songs and signs, to witness that a God of love was present in the world, to bring comfort and aid to those [...]
Dec 04 2007
I was a little worried writing this sermon, because the first line of the gospel to jump out at me was, “This will give you an opportunity to testify. So make up your minds not to prepare your defense in advance.” When I got past that I looked at the gospel and went, “Oh great, [...]
Dec 03 2007
This is the text of Margaret Wessel Walker’s presentation at Diocesan Convention, November 10, 2007: No general definition of campus ministries can really do them justice. Even the four here in Chicago, which we represent, are each very individual and unique. So I’d like to tell you some personal experiences, both my own and those [...]
