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MaryKate Morse

The Essential Need for Integrity in Leaders and Systems (Part 2)

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MaryKate Morse

The Essential Need for Integrity in Leaders and Systems (Part 1)

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Daniel E. Harris

The Church is Strangely Fascinated with Youthfulness

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Jason Gaboury

The Elimination of Friction: An Opposing Perspective Is Deeply Formative

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Dennis R. Edwards

Listening to Black Voices Experiencing Oppression

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David Swanson

The Spiritual Discipline of Ignoring White Christianity

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MaryKate Morse

Missio Alliance

Q&A with Dr. MaryKate Morse: On Hierarchy, Authority, and Stewarding Power Well

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Mark Glanville

Awakening to Creation is Key for Flourishing Churches in Post-Christendom

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MaryKate Morse

Hierarchy: A Word Christian Leaders Can Confuse with the Dark and Love to Hate

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Ruth Padilla DeBorst

The Blessing of Discomfort: A Global Church Perspective

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Ian McFadden

Injecting the Tonic of Humility: Could Political Healing Come From An Unexpected Quarter?

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

I Need A Good Shout!

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Tracy Mathews

The State of the Church in America Through the Lens of Contemplation

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Steve Noble

Informed But Not Transformed: The Power of Art in Our Formation (Pt. 2)

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Steve Noble

Informed But Not Transformed: Critiquing the Banking System of Education (Pt. 1)

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Miriam Swanson

The Disruption of Life

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Missio Alliance

2023: A Year In Review

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Jason Barnhart

Politic, Not Party

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Missio Alliance

Chris Kamalski

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Rachel Weeping for Her Children

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Dennis R. Edwards

Advent: The Nexus of Humility, Justice, and Joy

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Liz Cooledge Jenkins

The Church Needs Women’s Lofty Dreams

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Oneya Okuwobi

Hungry People and Full People

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Missio Alliance

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Amy Davis Abdallah

Empty Nest: How a Ritual Helps Us Process the Losses and Gains of Our Kids Leaving Home

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David Swanson

Disrupting Legacies of White Supremacy in the Church

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Mariah Humphries

Indigenous Peoples’ Day

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Sherin Swift

Nine Lessons For Christian Leaders (Who Also Happen To Be Female)

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Loneliness is the Penalty for Women Leaders

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Matthew Watson

Finding Rest Amidst the Days of Labor

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Alan Hirsch

Metanoia: Wholehearted Change in Unprecedented Times

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Michelle Ferrigno Warren

Dr. King Shines a Light Forward for Justice Work Today (‘I Have A Dream’ 60th Anniversary Version)

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Seth Richardson

Negotiating Difference (Hopeful Realism, Pt. 3)

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Derek Vreeland

Interrogating ‘Tough Guy’ Masculinity

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Mariah Humphries

The American Church: Has God Left The Building?

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Seth Richardson

Excessive Spirituality (Hopeful Realism, Pt. 2)

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Gino Curcuruto

Surprised by God at Tables: Extending the Eucharist Into the Neighborhood (Pt. 2)

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

Origin Stories Matter: On Juneteenth

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David Fitch

The Three Waves Metaphor: How Culture Shapes the Way We Work for Justice

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Seth Richardson

Searching for a Robust Spirituality in a Doomscrolling World (Hopeful Realism, Pt. 1)

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Michelle Ferrigno Warren

Dr. King Shines a Light Forward for Justice Work Today

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Derek Vreeland

Five Ways Deconstruction Can Deepen Faith Without Devolving into Demolition

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Missio Alliance

The Sights & Sounds of Awakenings 2023

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Robert Chao Romero

Jeff Liou

Recent Developments in the CRT Culture Wars

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Morgan Strehlow

The Words We Store In Our Hearts

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David Swanson

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Mandy Smith

A Manifesto to Heal My Writer Heart

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Emily Beth Hill

Economics Within the Reality of the New Creation (Captive to Capitalism, Part 4)

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Gino Curcuruto

A Clear Vision for the Future: The Corrective Lens of Black Theology (Pt. 2)

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Sahr Mbriwa

Truth-Telling: A Just Movement Toward Human Flourishing (More Than Words, Pt. 1)

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Juliet Liu

Loving One’s Enemy as an Act of Liberation (Loving Our Enemies, Part 2)

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Juliet Liu

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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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Michelle T. Sanchez

Want to Dismantle Racism? Disrupt Your Discipleship

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Miranda Zapor Cruz

The Myth of the 93%: Fathers and Mothers Are Not a Competitive Hierarchy in the Home

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Rich Villodas

Formation for a Newly Disrupted Generation

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Michelle Ferrigno Warren

The Pursuit of Justice Through Proximity, Advocacy, and Faith-Rooted Activism

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Emily Beth Hill

Understanding Branding Before You Market Your Church (Captive to Capitalism, Part 2)