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Mandy Smith

How Advent Teaches the Art of Mixed Emotions

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Paul Koshy

Asking “Who Is My Neighbor?” After the Election

Featured image for “Christmas Day is a Sunday. Here’s a Liturgy to do at Home.”
Mandy Smith

Nathan Smith

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

Featured image for “The Uncomfortable Circumstance that God Uses to Form a People”
Michelle Van Loon

The Uncomfortable Circumstance that God Uses to Form a People

Featured image for “Awaiting the Lord, Not the President”
Derek Vreeland

Awaiting the Lord, Not the President

Featured image for “Find Restoration in Advent with this Devotional Guide”
Rich Villodas

Find Restoration in Advent with this Devotional Guide

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

The Hidden Potential in an Awkward Family Thanksgiving

Featured image for “The Crisis That Makes Me Grieve the Evangelical Church”
Rich Villodas

The Crisis That Makes Me Grieve the Evangelical Church

Featured image for “Can Missional Evangelicals be Mystical? Another Way Forward After the Election”
Bill Walker

Can Missional Evangelicals be Mystical? Another Way Forward After the Election

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Rich Villodas

Silence: The Unexpected, Prophetic Starting Point for Justice

Featured image for “Wendell Berry to the Rescue: Reading Poetry in an Age of Angry Rhetoric”
Derek Vreeland

Wendell Berry to the Rescue: Reading Poetry in an Age of Angry Rhetoric

Featured image for “Has the New Liturgical Movement Given Up On Music?”
Seth Richardson

Ryan Flanigan

Has the New Liturgical Movement Given Up On Music?

Featured image for “Three Principles for Navigating Gender, Patriarchy, Binaries and Other Complex Issues in the Church (Gender and the Gospel Part 2)”
David Fitch

Three Principles for Navigating Gender, Patriarchy, Binaries and Other Complex Issues in the Church (Gender and the Gospel Part 2)

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Graham Joseph Hill

How to Read the Bible and Hear God’s Voice

Featured image for “Racial Reconciliation May Not Be What You Think It Is”
Rich Villodas

Racial Reconciliation May Not Be What You Think It Is

Featured image for “God is Not Neutral: Are We on the Right Side?”
Alexis Waggoner

God is Not Neutral: Are We on the Right Side?

Featured image for “Is God Calling You to Go First?”
Kris Beckert

Is God Calling You to Go First?

Featured image for “How to Keep the Voting Booth from Tearing us Apart”
Derek Vreeland

How to Keep the Voting Booth from Tearing us Apart

Featured image for “Discipleship Doesn’t Work”
Seth Richardson

Discipleship Doesn’t Work

Featured image for “Vocation: Five Tips for Discovering What to Do With Your Life”
Chris Morton

Vocation: Five Tips for Discovering What to Do With Your Life

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

Emptying Ourselves to Become as Human as Christ

Featured image for “Nine Reasons Christians Fail to Love Their Neighbors”
Karen Wilk

Nine Reasons Christians Fail to Love Their Neighbors

Featured image for “An Ancient Discipling Approach that Works 365 Days a Year”
Michelle Van Loon

An Ancient Discipling Approach that Works 365 Days a Year

Featured image for “Pastors: The CEO Has to Go”
Derek Vreeland

Pastors: The CEO Has to Go

Featured image for “Watch: Race Matters Q & A with Dennis Edwards and Greg Boyd”
Dennis R. Edwards

Watch: Race Matters Q & A with Dennis Edwards and Greg Boyd

Featured image for “6 Reasons Why Churches Aren’t Transforming Minds (and What to Do About It!)”
David Seemuth

6 Reasons Why Churches Aren’t Transforming Minds (and What to Do About It!)

Featured image for “Six Quotes From Jesus You Might be Reading Wrong”
Karen Wilk

Six Quotes From Jesus You Might be Reading Wrong

Featured image for “Are You Ready for the Jerk Apocalypse?”
Seth Richardson

Are You Ready for the Jerk Apocalypse?

Featured image for “Four Practices that Turn ‘Loving Your Neighborhood’ Into a Spiritual Discipline”
Karina Kreminski

Four Practices that Turn ‘Loving Your Neighborhood’ Into a Spiritual Discipline

Featured image for “The Spirit Is Not Optional: Embracing the Danger and the Comfort of the Third Person of God”
Mandy Smith

The Spirit Is Not Optional: Embracing the Danger and the Comfort of the Third Person of God

Featured image for “Why Church Death is Healthy”
Kris Beckert

Why Church Death is Healthy

Featured image for “Loving My Neighbor Without Justifying Myself”
Seth Richardson

Loving My Neighbor Without Justifying Myself

Featured image for “Why I Left the Band of Brothers for a Blessed Alliance”
Frank James

Why I Left the Band of Brothers for a Blessed Alliance

Featured image for “God’s Surprises and Female Harvesters”
Laurel Coolbaugh

God’s Surprises and Female Harvesters

Featured image for “Can A Female Preacher (or President) Be Herself?”
Mandy Smith

Can A Female Preacher (or President) Be Herself?

Featured image for “Three Steps Churches Have to Take if They Want More Diverse Leadership”
Larry Kim

Three Steps Churches Have to Take if They Want More Diverse Leadership

Featured image for “<i>Black & White Bible, Black & Blue Wife</i>—A Review”
Carolyn Custis James

Black & White Bible, Black & Blue Wife—A Review

Featured image for “Why Women Don’t Plant Churches (and How to Change It)”
Dave Swaim

Why Women Don’t Plant Churches (and How to Change It)

Featured image for ““Band of Brothers”:  The Very Young, Very Male Face of Boston’s Church Planting Movement ”
Emily Nielsen Jones

“Band of Brothers”:  The Very Young, Very Male Face of Boston’s Church Planting Movement 

Featured image for “A Weary Traveler’s Confession and Reflection: The Story our ‘Bodies’ Tell”
MaryKate Morse

A Weary Traveler’s Confession and Reflection: The Story our ‘Bodies’ Tell

Featured image for “A Prayer for Peace”
Graham Joseph Hill

A Prayer for Peace

Featured image for “How Do You Lead Without Being Toxic?”
Mac McCarthy

How Do You Lead Without Being Toxic?

Featured image for “Four Practices to Help Your Church Grieve Personal and National Tragedy”
Missio Alliance

Four Practices to Help Your Church Grieve Personal and National Tragedy

Featured image for “Reclaiming God’s Intent for Sabbath”
Michelle Van Loon

Reclaiming God’s Intent for Sabbath

Featured image for “Preached to Death”
Seth Richardson

Preached to Death

Featured image for “Avoiding the Blow-down from Helicopter Pastoring”
Nikki Toyama-Szeto

Avoiding the Blow-down from Helicopter Pastoring

Featured image for “Four Images of Jesus’ Ministry that Would Bomb on Social Media”
Kris Beckert

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

Featured image for “Writing as a Spiritual Discipline”
MaryKate Morse

Writing as a Spiritual Discipline

Featured image for “Who Do We Get to Hate?”
Derek Vreeland

Who Do We Get to Hate?

Featured image for “Stop Blaming Venus and Mars. We’re All From Earth”
Amy Davis Abdallah

Stop Blaming Venus and Mars. We’re All From Earth

Featured image for “Do You Know Jesus Like You Know a Presidential Candidate?”
Mark Moore

Do You Know Jesus Like You Know a Presidential Candidate?

Featured image for “Book Review: The Dusty Ones by A.J. Swoboda”
Derek Vreeland

Book Review: The Dusty Ones by A.J. Swoboda

Featured image for “Unformation: Learning to Experience God in My Darkness”
Ruthie Johnson

Unformation: Learning to Experience God in My Darkness

Featured image for “<i>Mentor for Life</i>—A Review”
Carolyn Custis James

Mentor for Life—A Review

Featured image for “A Way Beyond Spiritual Hoarding”
Seth Richardson

A Way Beyond Spiritual Hoarding

Featured image for “Revival at the Margins: How Emptiness Prepares us for the Spirit”
Mandy Smith

Revival at the Margins: How Emptiness Prepares us for the Spirit

Featured image for “The Unexpected Value of Insignificance”
Mark Moore

The Unexpected Value of Insignificance

Featured image for “7 Ways Missional Spirituality is Different than Christian Spirituality”
Karina Kreminski

7 Ways Missional Spirituality is Different than Christian Spirituality

Featured image for “Jeremiah vs. Augustine: What Mysticism Says About Goodness & Depravity”
Alexis Waggoner

Jeremiah vs. Augustine: What Mysticism Says About Goodness & Depravity

Featured image for “How to go from “Worst-Case Scenario” as a Parent to a Transformational Encounter with Jesus”
Matt Tebbe

How to go from “Worst-Case Scenario” as a Parent to a Transformational Encounter with Jesus