Pastors in Exile

Main Menu

Skip to content
  • About pastors in exile
    • our team
    • FAQs
    • our values
    • 2021 Annual Report
  • what’s happening?
    • PiE groups
    • calendar
    • fall programming 2022
    • PiE for Supper
    • winter camp for grownups
  • Blog
  • contact us
  • Donate

Author Archives: tamaralshantz

Receiving Resurrection

Featuredby tamaralshantz Leave a comment

It felt like Easter was postponed this year. Sure, our PiE community gathered for a Sunrise Celebration virtually, we declared that Christ is risen, and we sang the traditional hymns […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

Into the Wilderness: Not so Lonely Anymore

Featuredby tamaralshantz Leave a comment

As we adjust to this season of social distancing (or what my friend Emily Scott has suggested might be better named “loving distancing”), I find myself thinking more about the […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

Into the Wilderness: Holding onto Love

Featuredby tamaralshantz Leave a comment

Next the Devil took Jesus to the Holy City, set him on the parapet of the Temple and said, “If you are the Only Begotten, throw yourself down. Scripture has […]

Read Article →
Blog Posts

Into the Wilderness: Lenten Reflections

Featuredby tamaralshantz

The Christian season of Lent begins this week, and with it, the practice of tending more intentionally to our spiritual lives. The PiE community has been interested in exploring the […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

Jesus Camp: Taking it Personally

September 25, 2018by tamaralshantz 4 Comments

About a decade ago, I was just settling into life in Goshen, Indiana where I was serving as one of the campus pastors at Goshen College. One of my responsibilities […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

Earth Community: We aren’t alone

September 4, 2018by tamaralshantz 2 Comments

Last week I spent a couple of days at a beautiful farm in Grey County. There is a little cabin nestled in the woods at the edge of a pond […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

Raw Vulnerability and Advent

December 16, 2017by tamaralshantz 2 Comments

“O that you would tear open the heavens and come down….” – Isaiah 64:1 Last week, Jessica and I helped lead a mid-week Advent service at Erb St Mennonite Church […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

Encountering Desire

September 20, 2017by tamaralshantz Leave a comment

Our fundamental vocation is to be the person God created. This is both who you are, right now, and who you are becoming. We discover this through desire.     […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

Altar Calls and a Culture of Consent

July 5, 2017by tamaralshantz 1 Comment

I was in grade eleven when I experienced my first, and last, Billy Graham revival. I recall hopping into a bus with my friend’s youth group and heading for the […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

Teachings from the Walk

May 26, 2017by tamaralshantz 1 Comment

It’s been just over a week now since the Pilgrimage for Indigenous Rights arrived in Ottawa. Including the first day of the walk, more than 200 different people joined in for […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

Post navigation

1 2 Next →

Pastors in Exile (PiE) is a progressive and affirming community-based ministry that seeks to empower young adults as they explore and deepen the spiritual meaning of their lives, world, work and activism.

Land Acknowledgement

PiE is a community of people living within the traditional territory of the Attawandaron (Neutral), Anishinaabe, and Haudenosaunee peoples.

Read our full statement.

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Instagram

Looking ahead:

PiE for Supper- Monday nights from 6-9pm, Location: WK United Mennonite Church (15 George St, Waterloo). Join us Monday nights for dinner, worship, and informal social time. Young Adults are invited to attend each week to build connections with others seeking justice-minded faith expressions. Each evening we will provide dinner and a short time of worship before breaking off into small groups or social time. See the PiE for Supper page for more details.

Winter Camp for Grownups- If you are in your 20s or 30s, you are invited to join Steph (PiE pastor) for this fun and relaxing weekend in partnership with Silver Lake Mennonite Camp (SLMC). The retreat runs from the evening of Friday, March 3rd until the afternoon of Sunday, March 5th. More information and a link to Silver Lake’s Registration System is available at https://slmc.ca/retreats/retreats/. OR send Steph an email at steph@pastorsinexile.org.

 

Donate Now Through CanadaHelps.org!

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,544 other subscribers
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
Pastors in Exile
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
  • Follow Following
    • Pastors in Exile
    • Join 170 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Pastors in Exile
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...