Leaving a piece of your heart behind
Ashley Brown shares how members of St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church’s dementia group minister through art.
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Praying with finger paints
May your creating be your prayer, writes Ashley Mason Brown.
What two rabbis taught me about the sabbath
During an interfaith gathering, Ashley Brown was introduced to sabbath in a new way.
But what can I do?
Ashley Mason Brown offers concrete ideas for how faith leaders can assist with lowering the rate of gun violence in the United States.
You don’t need to feel called to belong in seminary
Sometimes, you won’t belong, writes recent seminary student Ashley Brown. And that’s ok.
Bearing witness
In the face of death, chaplaincy intern Ashley Brown learns the gift of bearing witness.
Salaam Alaikum (Peace be upon you)
Austin Seminary student Ashley Brown entered her recent pilgrimage to Egypt guarded. She walked away with a deeper appreciation for interfaith dialogue.
What seminary WAS is not what seminary will be
"There is great opportunity for reframing our pipeline of talent, ensuring we can provide the future of the church with educated and sharp theological thinkers who are capable of loving those who think differently than themselves."
Death without regret
Ashley Brown spent a month with her beloved, dying grandmother before she passed. In this essay, she reflects on their conversations about death and the unending gift of love.
Tech watch: TikTok
Ashley Brown shares how she uses TikTok for ministry and outreach.
Loving Paul while striving to be Phoebe
Ashley Brown, a seminary student working to become a PC(USA) minister, shares her first encounter with 1 Timothy 2:12, and how she has learned to wrestle with the Bible as a woman of faith.
Monastic memories
Austin Theological Seminary student Ashley Brown remembers the God she found on a five-month monastic retreat in the mountains of North Carolina.
Permission to be angry?
When I imagine my anger, I imagine myself in fatigues, right hand snapped to attention. As I stand there, knees slightly bent,..