To lead with courage and pastoral wisdom in the twenty-first century requires ministers to make a transition from simply imagining ministry to embodying pastoral imagination. The relational and embodied capacity for ministry, what Craig Dykstra first called pastoral imagination, emerges over time and remains indispensable for effective pastoral leadership in congregations and community ministries. We find through listening to ministry leaders across the country that ministry today is less about exercising the authority of an office or role and more about embodying an authentic...

Opportunity may be knocking for Unification Theological Seminary (UTS) alumni seeking paid internships in the primary care medical industry, according to Dr. John Paul James, UTS Maryland Satellite director. Primary Care and other services which includes holistic health coaching, weight management, nutrition consultation, Kinesiology, Cardiovascular/ Oncology Rehabilitation and counseling for patients with chronic illness and acute illnesses and psychological issues such as depression, anger, addiction or anxiety, all specialties of the new field of Integrated Medicine. “We are training...

ATLANTA – It’s not easy to pack up and move 2,000 miles from the home you’ve known and raised your children in for 24 years. That’s exactly what Michael and Myrna Lapres found themselves doing last July when Michael’s employer deemed it necessary to transfer him from California to work out of their main office in Atlanta. Giving up their home was one thing, but the Lapres had been involved in a variety of activities in their community and their church, and were such an integral part of both that to sever the many relationships they had fostered would be an even bigger...

A big thank you to the many people who have assisted in making the new UTS website possible. The contributions and feedback have been really helpful. The collaboration has pointed UTS communications in new directions: aesthetics, having best practices, being current, and ease of use. Easter is a propitious time for the UTS website to experience renewal and the re-commitment to support UTS and its mission to bridge religious and cultural divides. The new website and corresponding social media will help create and cultivate ongoing relationships among trustees, faculty, staff,...

This article was first published on the Applied Unificationism Blog, and is adapted from Dr. Selig’s new book, My Journey to Become a Hospital Chaplain, available from Lulu.com (142 pp.). Those interested in a career as a chaplain, working in a hospital, hospice, the military, or correctional facility, should check out UTS’s Chaplaincy Track. It was early morning at the hospital when I was called to an elderly patient’s room. The son and his family had driven all night to be there. As I entered the room, it was as if a curtain was being drawn open, a spotlight appeared, the audience...

We are changing how we communicate, how we relate to the world, and how we provide content. UTS seeks to develop relationships and provide value to our audience. So wherever you are accessing content on the Internet, we want to be there with you. The UTS Communications Team is aware that close to 65% of our viewers are looking at the uts.edu website on their mobile phones. This is similar to the use of mobile throughout the USA and increasingly throughout the world. “Mobile” does not only mean smartphones, but rather any device that you can carry with you to receive...

BARRYTOWN – We often hear of the enduring faith and love a mother has for her child. A faith and love so strong that it resonates far beyond what we would ordinarily believe possible. We don’t always equate that same faith and love with the source from which it flows, from its origin, from the Creator. For Damon Cabbagestalk, a second-year student in the Doctor of Ministry program at the Unification Theological Seminary (UTS), however, it is precisely because of God’s enduring faith and love that he finds himself where he is today. And with a dream of where he will be...

The Unification Theological Seminary (UTS) launched an ad campaign in Positive Community magazine in the Fall of 2015. UTS is continuing the campaign in Spring, 2016 with this latest ad placed in the March edition. Positive Community (http://thepositivecommunity.com) is the only faith-based lifestyle magazine targeting the African American market in the New York/New Jersey area. Positive Community publishes the best of what is happening in the Black church and community. It was the vision of the co-founders, Jean Nash Wells and Adrian A. Council, to create a balanced medium that...

Over the next 4 months, UTS will be expanding its social media presence. UTS already has a website (with a brand new website coming soon). There is a Facebook page,  and UTS has an online email marketing solution. UTS will be repositioning itself and expand across several social media platforms to help network, promote and share. Please help us to expand our reach. Please take a moment togo check out UTS’ page and LIKE us on Facebook. If you enjoy any of the articles we have been posting lately, then why not go one step further to both LIKE and SHARE our content. UTS...