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Margaret Campbell

Margaret Campbell

Margaret Campbell

Articles & Essays by Margaret Campbell

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Essay from Meditations on the Birth of Jesus

The Humble and Messy Arrival of God

Published December, 2019 • Featured December 22, 2020

Did the shep­herds stop to won­der why the Mes­si­ah was born in a sta­ble attend­ed by ani­mals? Some­day we can ask them. For now, we notice, with help from this med­i­ta­tion by Miri­am Dixon and Mar­garet Campbell.
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Essay from Meditations on the Birth of Jesus

When Plans Get Interrupted

Published December, 2019 • Featured December 11, 2020

God rad­i­cal­ly rearranged Joseph’s planned future with Mary. Rather than resist, Joseph believed and obeyed. Miri­am Dixon and Mar­garet Camp­bell help us gain a fresh per­spec­tive on the often over­looked sac­ri­fices of the famous carpenter.
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Essay from Meditations on the Birth of Jesus

Mary's Choice

Published December, 2019 • Featured December 4, 2020

From the Ren­o­varé resource Med­i­ta­tions on the Birth of Jesus, Miri­am Dixon and Mar­garet Camp­bell invite us to pon­der Mary’s choice of how to receive God’s word to her through Gabriel.
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Essay from Meditations on the Birth of Jesus

The Longing of God to Be Connected to You

Published December, 2019 • Featured November 25, 2020

Writ­ten for the first week of Advent as part of the Ren­o­varé resource Med­i­ta­tions on the Birth of Jesus, Miri­am Dixon and Mar­garet Camp­bell engage our imag­i­na­tions to help us hear God’s invi­ta­tion into restored relationship.
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Wide Open Spaces

Published March, 1997 • Featured September 4, 2018

Dal­las Willard writes that soli­tude is ​“the cre­ation of an open, emp­ty space in our lives by pur­pose­ful­ly abstain­ing from the inter­ac­tion with oth­er human beings, so that, freed from com­pet­ing loy­al­ties, we can be found by God.” Mar­garet Campell pro­vides prac­ti­cal help for doing just that.
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Empty Square Days

Featured March 17, 2016

Mar­garet Camp­bell views the emp­ty square space on her cal­en­dar not as an absence but as an invi­ta­tion. Using a vision of Rublev’s icon as a focus, Mar­garet invites us to take a seat at the table with the Trin­i­ty and rev­el, both in con­ver­sa­tion and silence, in the gift of fel­low­ship and community.
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Discovering a World Packed with God

Featured March 15, 2016

Ren­o­varé board and min­istry team mem­ber Mar­garet Camp­bell shares both fam­i­ly mem­o­ries and some obser­va­tions by Frank Laubach (Let­ters by a Mod­ern Mys­tic) that have taught her to be open to and aware of ​“a world jam-packed with God.”
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Who is a Disciple?

Published January, 2002 • Featured January 1, 2002

Does our evan­ge­lism include the good news that we can grow and mature in Christ­like­ness? Mar­garet Camp­bell tells how she and her hus­band have worked to help peo­ple in church become actu­al dis­ci­ples, being ​“divine­ly changed” by God’s grace.