Easing into sabbatical
I got a note from a friend checking on me to see how sabbatical was going. I didn't think sabbatical had started yet. I was thinking...
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Helms Jarrell
Dec 15, 20204 min read
Reflections on my practice
Recently, I took an online writing class through Transformative Language Arts Network. The class title was "Social Arts Practice,...
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Helms Jarrell
Dec 2, 20206 min read
Sabbatical
In 2003, I was a dreamer working my way through a seminary degree, but longing for something different than a traditional congregation. I...
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Helms Jarrell
Nov 20, 20201 min read
Watch and Wait in Wonder
Dec 5, 9:00am-noon, $40 Register here During this morning retreat, we’ll gather around the story of Elizabeth and listen for the...
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Helms Jarrell
Nov 20, 20201 min read
Manifest Emmanuel: An Embodied Creative Prayer Workshop
Jan 9th, 9:00-11:30am, $25 Register here Use all the senses to explore what it means to embody Emmanuel, God with us. Helms will lead the...
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Helms Jarrell
Nov 16, 20201 min read
Dear Jo, Anne, and Little Tree
Dear Jo, Anne, and Little Tree, Even though you are three very different characters, there are qualities you share. You are unabashedly...
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Helms Jarrell
Nov 9, 20202 min read
Langley Hoyt's review of A Communitarian's Almanac & Apothecary Guide
I have recently published A Communitarian's Almanac and Apothecary Guide, a 98 page toolkit for folks to tend the land and to people. I...
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Helms Jarrell
Nov 9, 20201 min read
Communitarian Greeting Cards
I recently created black & white block print greeting cards with communitarian messages on the back. You can order a set of 12 cards for...
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Helms Jarrell
Nov 8, 20201 min read
"I Am" poem
I am participating in a 6 week Transformative Language Arts workshop. Our first assignment was to write an "I Am" poem. Here's mine: I...
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Helms Jarrell
Nov 8, 20202 min read
Cultural Organizing
Cultural organizing is an artistic and community engaged discipline that blends practices of faith, culture, art, and community...
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Helms Jarrell
Nov 8, 20205 min read
Charlotte Invest in Creatives Grant
I didn't realize how many financial and art related losses I have had this year until I was asked to fill out the Charlotte Invest in...
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Helms Jarrell
Sep 10, 20203 min read
Fail Better Soon: Tiny School
Fail Better Soon- Tiny School My vigilante fighter brain hasn’t turned off very much during Corona moments. The brain is always problem...
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Helms Jarrell
Sep 1, 20204 min read
How do you lift your eyes when your feet are stumbling?
Caldwell Presbyterian Church asked the QC Family Tree folks to lead Sunday morning’s worship service on September 6,2020. We videoed our...
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Helms Jarrell
Jul 20, 20206 min read
Artist Projects
I am an interdisciplinary artist who weaves stories together using mixed media, ceramics, needlework, and jewelry making techniques...
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Helms Jarrell
Jul 7, 20209 min read
Raised By a River
Sermon prepared for Caldwell Presbyterian Church for July 5th. I have been reading a book by Robin Wall Kimmerer entitled Braiding...
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Helms Jarrell
Jun 15, 20201 min read
Complex issues require a complexity of solutions
In 2007, Harvard Business Review published an article entitled A Leader’s Framework for Decision Making written by David J. Snowden and...
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Helms Jarrell
Jun 12, 20206 min read
Watershed Theology
Watershed theology sermon Ched Myers, an activist and theologian writes,“Our culture of displaced and displacing mobility has severed...
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Helms Jarrell
Jun 12, 20201 min read
Baptismal: Water of Life
Helms Jarrell Baptismal: Water of Life Revelation 22:17 26 x 30’ Medium: clay, coffee stain, wood, glass jars, water from neighborhood...
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Helms Jarrell
Jun 11, 20201 min read
Cultural Organizing: What and Why
What is Cultural Organizing? Cultural Organizing is the strategic use of art and culture to make social impact and change. It integrates...
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Helms Jarrell
Jun 11, 20204 min read
Fail Better Soon: Getting it Right
I interviewed for a job in 2015. I thought I was doing great. There were questions about race and power. I answered the questions. ...
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