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Bob Hyatt

The Introverted Missional

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Tara Beth Leach

When Ministry Isn’t What You Expect

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

The Impact of Western Ego on the Church

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Dennis R. Edwards

Avoiding Leadership Inferiority Complex

Featured image for “Dear Church: Your Mission Isn’t to Attract Millennials”
Amy Ickes

Dear Church: Your Mission Isn’t to Attract Millennials

Featured image for “Rediscovering the Natural Church”
Anthony Siegrist

Rediscovering the Natural 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 “Prophets vs. Pimps: The Tension of Spirit-Led Leadership”
Sahr Mbriwa

Prophets vs. Pimps: The Tension of Spirit-Led Leadership

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Steve Cuss

Managing the Dangers of Chronic Anxiety

Featured image for “How Anxiety So Easily Entangles Us”
Steve Cuss

How Anxiety So Easily Entangles Us

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

The Flip Side of Longing

Featured image for “Addressing the Elephant in the Church: Seven Necessary Components of Integrated Discipleship”
Derek Vreeland

Addressing the Elephant in the Church: Seven Necessary Components of Integrated Discipleship

Featured image for “The Economy is Making Many Jobs Obsolete—How Churches Can Be Different”
Anthony Siegrist

The Economy is Making Many Jobs Obsolete—How Churches Can Be Different

Featured image for “The Poway Synagogue Shooting – We Should All be Surprised by the Surprise”
Rich Villodas

The Poway Synagogue Shooting – We Should All be Surprised by the Surprise

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Mandy Smith

Miracles in the Headlines

Featured image for “How to Move Your Preaching from “Completion of a Task” to “An Act of Love””
Jeren Rowell

How to Move Your Preaching from “Completion of a Task” to “An Act of Love”

Featured image for “The Parable of the White Pastor”
Lucas Pulley

The Parable of the White Pastor

Featured image for “Young Leaders: Here Are 10 Ways to “Lead Up” for Reconciliation and Racial Justice”
David Swanson

Young Leaders: Here Are 10 Ways to “Lead Up” for Reconciliation and Racial Justice

Featured image for “Thinking Differently About Rest: What Communities of Color Can Teach the Church”
Christine Yi Suh

Thinking Differently About Rest: What Communities of Color Can Teach the Church

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

Identity Politics and the False Self

Featured image for “The Great Vigil: The Best Liturgical Practice You’ve Never Heard Of”
Jean Sharp

The Great Vigil: The Best Liturgical Practice You’ve Never Heard Of

Featured image for “What’s the Difference Between Healthy Self-Denial and Unhealthy Self-Destruction?”
Charles Self

What’s the Difference Between Healthy Self-Denial and Unhealthy Self-Destruction?

Featured image for “5 Timely Conversations You Don’t Want to Miss at Awakenings”
Missio Alliance

5 Timely Conversations You Don’t Want to Miss at Awakenings

Featured image for “The Spiritual Practice of Shutting Up”
Lesa Engelthaler

The Spiritual Practice of Shutting Up

Featured image for “A Surprisingly Simple Spiritual Discipline for Restoring the Soul”
MaryKate Morse

A Surprisingly Simple Spiritual Discipline for Restoring the Soul

Featured image for “The Music We Need For Lent”
Seth Richardson

Ryan Flanigan

The Music We Need For Lent

Featured image for “One Place You Can Go to Recover from the Noise of Ministry’s Demands”
Rhesa Higgins

One Place You Can Go to Recover from the Noise of Ministry’s Demands

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?

Featured image for “Spiritual Director, Counselor, and Pastor: Who Does What?”
MaryKate Morse

Spiritual Director, Counselor, and Pastor: Who Does What?

Featured image for “What the Government Shutdown Has Taught Us”
Kris Beckert

What the Government Shutdown Has Taught Us

Featured image for “14 Dynamic Leaders of Color and Women You Should Know About”
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 “Top 20 Articles of 2018 from Missio Alliance”
Juliet Liu

Top 20 Articles of 2018 from Missio Alliance

Featured image for “15 Books from 2018 that Will Get You to #ReadWomen”
Juliet Liu

15 Books from 2018 that Will Get You to #ReadWomen

Featured image for “How Saint Francis Can Help Save Christmas”
Sean Palmer

How Saint Francis Can Help Save Christmas

Featured image for “The Dominant Approach to Leadership in the Church and Why Jesus Means to Upend It”
Kyuboem Lee

The Dominant Approach to Leadership in the Church and Why Jesus Means to Upend It

Featured image for “This Advent, Let the Gospel of Luke Reawaken Your Hope”
Lesa Engelthaler

This Advent, Let the Gospel of Luke Reawaken Your Hope

Featured image for “Waiting in the Margins: A Daily Advent Resource”
Jared Siebert

Waiting in the Margins: A Daily Advent Resource

Featured image for “A Man of Honor: What Same-Sex-Attracted Christians Can Give the Church”
Emily Hallock

A Man of Honor: What Same-Sex-Attracted Christians Can Give the Church

Featured image for “Why Your Church Resists the Change that Could Save It—and What to Do About It”
Kris Beckert

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

Featured image for “Midterm Elections: Let Us Pray”
Rich Villodas

Midterm Elections: Let Us Pray

Featured image for “Eugene Peterson’s Long Obedience in the Same Direction: A Personal Tribute”
J.R. Briggs

Eugene Peterson’s Long Obedience in the Same Direction: A Personal Tribute

Featured image for “Everything a Gift: Remembering Eugene Peterson”
Winn Collier

Everything a Gift: Remembering Eugene Peterson

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 “Repenting As We Go: A 9-Part Podcast Series on Women and Men Leading Together in the Church”
Ben Sternke

Matt Tebbe

Repenting As We Go: A 9-Part Podcast Series on Women and Men Leading Together in the Church

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Levi Jones

Why Theological Education Must Include Intentional Learning Communities

Featured image for “3 Key Aspects of Mentoring Across the Gender Gap for the Sake of Mission”
Andrea Summers

3 Key Aspects of Mentoring Across the Gender Gap for the Sake of Mission

Featured image for “Four Things I Need to Hear From My Sisters in Christ”
Seth Richardson

Four Things I Need to Hear From My Sisters in Christ

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 “Four Ways to Walk in Love as Resurrection People”
Derek Vreeland

Four Ways to Walk in Love as Resurrection People

Featured image for “Faith Under Construction: The Upside Down Gathering in Chicago”
Kayla Craig

Faith Under Construction: The Upside Down Gathering in Chicago

Featured image for “Your Shalom Come: Where Can Hope Be Found in Our Day?”
Al Tizon

INFEMIT

Your Shalom Come: Where Can Hope Be Found in Our Day?

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 “7 Questions All Pastors Need to Ask Themselves Post-Hybels”
Rich Villodas

7 Questions All Pastors Need to Ask Themselves Post-Hybels

Featured image for “4 Practices for Discipling Kids Who Live Justly”
Tony Caldwell

4 Practices for Discipling Kids Who Live Justly

Featured image for “How the Way We Talk About Sin Can Keep Us From Being Good People”
Sean Palmer

How the Way We Talk About Sin Can Keep Us From Being Good People

Featured image for “A Remedy for Your Exhaustion”
Ruth Haley Barton

A Remedy for Your Exhaustion

Featured image for “Is (Healthy) Cross-Gendered Ministry Even Possible?”
Seth Richardson

Is (Healthy) Cross-Gendered Ministry Even Possible?

Featured image for “We’ve Gotten Salvation All Wrong: Let’s Reclaim the Heart of Christian Discipleship”
Derek Vreeland

We’ve Gotten Salvation All Wrong: Let’s Reclaim the Heart of Christian Discipleship

Featured image for “When Ministry Leads to Resentment – What Do You Do?”
Christy Rood

When Ministry Leads to Resentment – What Do You Do?