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Mandy Smith

Can Christian Leaders Hope to Flourish?

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Mandy Smith

What Art Does: An Artmaker’s Wisdom on Life and Leadership

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Mandy Smith

Resting in the Divine Current

Featured image for “A Poetic Theology of the Cross: A Conversation with Brian Zahnd and Mandy Smith”
Mandy Smith

A Poetic Theology of the Cross: A Conversation with Brian Zahnd and Mandy Smith

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Mandy Smith

Tired of Feeling Guilty for Feeling Tired

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Mandy Smith

A Manifesto to Heal My Writer Heart

Featured image for “We’re All Pioneers Now: Skills for the Unchartered Landscape of the 21st-Century Church”
Mandy Smith

We’re All Pioneers Now: Skills for the Unchartered Landscape of the 21st-Century Church

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Mandy Smith

Derek Vreeland

Learning from the Margins: The Difference Between Human and Kingdom Power

Featured image for “Are We Underdogs or Overlords? How Western Christians Can Lose Power Gracefully”
Mandy Smith

Are We Underdogs or Overlords? How Western Christians Can Lose Power Gracefully

Featured image for “Understanding the Whole Good News of the Gospel”
Mandy Smith

Understanding the Whole Good News of the Gospel

Featured image for “A Nation Waits: Seeking a Center of Peace”
Mandy Smith

A Nation Waits: Seeking a Center of Peace

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Mandy Smith

Repenting of our Scapegoating

Featured image for “What Our Current Wilderness Reveals About the Strongholds in Our Lives”
Mandy Smith

What Our Current Wilderness Reveals About the Strongholds in Our Lives

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Mandy Smith

The Power of Holy Mischief in Times of Crisis

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Mandy Smith

Mandy Smith

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Mandy Smith

Playfulness as an Antidote to Anxiety

Featured image for “Dismantling the Bombshell Lie that Beauty is Power”
Mandy Smith

Dismantling the Bombshell Lie that Beauty is Power

Featured image for “The Difference Between Christian Institutions and the Kingdom”
Mandy Smith

The Difference Between Christian Institutions and the Kingdom

Featured image for “The Gift of Cross-Gender Leadership”
Mandy Smith

The Gift of Cross-Gender Leadership

Featured image for “Meeting God in our Deepest Places”
Mandy Smith

Meeting God in our Deepest Places

Featured image for “The Impact of Western Ego on the Church”
Mandy Smith

The Impact of Western Ego on the Church

Featured image for “Faith Without Emotion is Dead: Avoiding False Choices When Leaders Fall”
Mandy Smith

Faith Without Emotion is Dead: Avoiding False Choices When Leaders Fall

Featured image for “The Flip Side of Longing”
Mandy Smith

The Flip Side of Longing

Featured image for “When to Loosen Our Tongues: How Testimonies Spark Revival”
Mandy Smith

When to Loosen Our Tongues: How Testimonies Spark Revival

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Mandy Smith

We are Not Overcome! Calling the Church to Her True Vocation

Featured image for “Grieving for Rachel as Rachel Would Grieve”
Mandy Smith

Grieving for Rachel as Rachel Would Grieve

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Mandy Smith

Miracles in the Headlines

Featured image for “Identity Politics and the False Self”
Mandy Smith

Identity Politics and the False Self

Featured image for “When the Church Seems Powerless—What If It’s Our Doing?”
Mandy Smith

When the Church Seems Powerless—What If It’s Our Doing?

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Sean Palmer

Mandy Smith

14 Dynamic Leaders of Color and Women You Should Know About

Featured image for “What If the Pain Women Experience in the Church Better Equips Them to Lead?”
Mandy Smith

What If the Pain Women Experience in the Church Better Equips Them to Lead?

Featured image for “I Don’t Have Time to Talk About “Women’s Issues””
Mandy Smith

I Don’t Have Time to Talk About “Women’s Issues”

Featured image for “The Emotional Issue that Gets in the Way of Women’s Leadership”
Mandy Smith

The Emotional Issue that Gets in the Way of Women’s Leadership

Featured image for “What I Long to Say to My Brothers: “I Release You””
Mandy Smith

What I Long to Say to My Brothers: “I Release You”

Featured image for “Setting Aside the World’s Categories: One Pastor’s Approach to Politics”
Mandy Smith

Setting Aside the World’s Categories: One Pastor’s Approach to Politics

Featured image for “Pastoring in a Culture of Independence and Fragility: Reflections from Parenting”
Mandy Smith

Pastoring in a Culture of Independence and Fragility: Reflections from Parenting

Featured image for “The Surprising Solution When Gender Dynamics Seem to Be Destroying the Church”
Mandy Smith

The Surprising Solution When Gender Dynamics Seem to Be Destroying the Church

Featured image for “How A Theology of the City Helps the Whole Church: A Review of Urban Spirituality by Karina Kreminski”
Mandy Smith

How A Theology of the City Helps the Whole Church: A Review of Urban Spirituality by Karina Kreminski

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Mandy Smith

Why Theology Must Take on Flesh and Bone and Breathe into Everyday Life

Featured image for “6 Ways Christians Speak A New World Into Existence”
Mandy Smith

6 Ways Christians Speak A New World Into Existence

Featured image for “Overcoming Scarcity Thinking in Post-Christian Mission (A Lesson from Gandalf)”
Mandy Smith

Overcoming Scarcity Thinking in Post-Christian Mission (A Lesson from Gandalf)

Featured image for “The Surprising Power of Those on the Margins (and how it can be abused)”
Mandy Smith

The Surprising Power of Those on the Margins (and how it can be abused)

Featured image for “The Defiant Act of Prophetic “Foolishness” in Serious Times”
Mandy Smith

The Defiant Act of Prophetic “Foolishness” in Serious Times

Featured image for “What I’m Doing to Kindle My Hope That God is Making All Things New: Will You Join Me?”
Mandy Smith

What I’m Doing to Kindle My Hope That God is Making All Things New: Will You Join Me?

Featured image for “Feel Powerless in Your Efforts to Invite Minority Voices? You May be Closer to a Way Forward Than You Think!”
Mandy Smith

Feel Powerless in Your Efforts to Invite Minority Voices? You May be Closer to a Way Forward Than You Think!

Featured image for “Here’s How You Can Guide Your Church through Gender Role Conversations”
Mandy Smith

Here’s How You Can Guide Your Church through Gender Role Conversations

Featured image for “SheLeads because SheFollows”
Mandy Smith

SheLeads because SheFollows

Featured image for “In Times of Upheaval Women Shape New Landscapes”
Mandy Smith

In Times of Upheaval Women Shape New Landscapes

Featured image for “The Real Cost of Female Leadership in Dollars (and Friends)”
Mandy Smith

The Real Cost of Female Leadership in Dollars (and Friends)

Featured image for “6 Quotes from Men on Why the Church Needs Women”
Mandy Smith

6 Quotes from Men on Why the Church Needs Women

Featured image for “How to Celebrate the Church’s Birthday through Art”
Mandy Smith

How to Celebrate the Church’s Birthday through Art

Featured image for “The Birth Pains of the North American Church”
Mandy Smith

The Birth Pains of the North American Church

Featured image for “Wildly Tempting: How to win the war of temptation”
Mandy Smith

Wildly Tempting: How to win the war of temptation

Featured image for “The Church’s Transformative Power is Molecular”
Mandy Smith

The Church’s Transformative Power is Molecular

Featured image for “How the Gospel is Better than a Liberal Political Agenda”
Mandy Smith

How the Gospel is Better than a Liberal Political Agenda

Featured image for “How to Break Through the Gender and Race Stalemates: 5 Methods”
Mandy Smith

How to Break Through the Gender and Race Stalemates: 5 Methods

Featured image for “How Advent Teaches the Art of Mixed Emotions”
Mandy Smith

How Advent Teaches the Art of Mixed Emotions

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Mandy Smith

Nathan Smith

Christmas Day is a Sunday. Here’s a Liturgy to do at Home.

Featured image for “The Hidden Potential in an Awkward Family Thanksgiving”
Mandy Smith

The Hidden Potential in an Awkward Family Thanksgiving

Featured image for “Emptying Ourselves to Become as Human as Christ”
Mandy Smith

Emptying Ourselves to Become as Human as Christ