Kris Beckert

Kris is the lead pastor of Table Life Church near Harrisburg, PA and also serves as Mission Strategist with Fresh Expressions North America. She holds an M.Div. from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC, and while she hails from the Nazarene tribe, she also has served at churches in the Baptist and Methodist traditions. Prior to being called to ministry, she worked as an environmental researcher at the University of Maryland. Kris is an avid runner, cartoonist, and ice hockey player and enjoys being outside, whether in a kayak, hiking with friends, or with a good book.
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Articles by Kris Beckert

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Kris Beckert

God Finds Us In Nature: An Environment of Healing (Pt. 2)

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Kris Beckert

God Finds Us In Nature: A Place of Encounter (Pt. 1)

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Kris Beckert

Disrupted Giving: An Uncomfortable Opportunity (Part 2: The Future of Giving)

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Kris Beckert

Disrupted Giving: An Uncomfortable Opportunity (Part 1: The Origins of Giving)

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Kris Beckert

One Year Later: What Has the Church Learned?

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Kris Beckert

The Church’s Social Dilemma

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Kris Beckert

An Alternative to Panic: A Faithful Response to Epidemics

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Kris Beckert

The Limits of Experience

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Kris Beckert

When “Go Home” Is Innocent No More

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Kris Beckert

What the Church Can Learn from Macy’s

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Celebrating Mother’s Day as a Non-Mom

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What the Government Shutdown Has Taught Us

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Kris Beckert

Why Your Church Resists the Change that Could Save It—and What to Do About It

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Kris Beckert

How to Stand Where Jesus Stands – the Messy Middle

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Kris Beckert

What to Do When You Hear “Doesn’t the Bible Teach Against Women Pastors?”

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Kris Beckert

When Hope is Eclipsed, We Look Up

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Kris Beckert

A Better Life Way Than Banning

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Kris Beckert

What Happens if You Only Evaluate Your Ministry?

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Kris Beckert

Staying Woke After an Awakening

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Kris Beckert

Eight Leadership Lessons I’ve Learned from Trump

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Kris Beckert

It’s Time to be Great Again

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Kris Beckert

Is God Calling You to Go First?

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Kris Beckert

Why Church Death is Healthy

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Kris Beckert

Four Images of Jesus’ Ministry that Would Bomb on Social Media

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Kris Beckert

The Best Words a Pastor Can Hear

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Kris Beckert

How I Learned to Love the Easter Parking Lot

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Kris Beckert

Cross-Breeding and Denominations: The Way Forward?

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Kris Beckert

Lonely Sunday: Single Christians and the Church’s Opportunity

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Kris Beckert

Billboard Christmas

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Kris Beckert

Seeding a New Community of Women in Church Planting

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Kris Beckert

Race, Gender, Justice: How Should the Church Respond When People Reach the Boiling Point?