Eun Strawser

Eun Strawser is the co-vocational lead pastor of Ma Ke Alo o (which means "Presence" in Hawaiian), with missional communities multiplying in Honolulu, HI, in addition to being a community physician and the co-founder of the 'IWA Collaborative. She is the author of Centering Discipleship: A Pathway for Multiplying Spectators into Mature Disciples (IVP, 2023), and the forthcoming Sharing Leadership (IVP, 2025). Prior to transitioning to Hawaii, Eun served as adjunct professor of medicine at the Philadelphia College of Medicine and African Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, after finishing her Fulbright Scholarship at the University of Dar es Salaam. She and Steve have three seriously amazing children.

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Eun Strawser

Deconstructing Domineering Leadership in the Church

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Lisa Rodriguez-Watson

Faithful Witness in a Fractured Moment

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Amber H. Jones

Womb-Mates: God’s Plan for Interdependence

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Catherine McNiel

Jason Hague

Grappling With Doubt

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Mark Glanville

Profaning the Image of God as “Garbage”

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Missio Alliance

Life on the Ground in Minneapolis

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Liliana Reza

A Season of Imagination

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Chris Kamalski

Our Bubble Must Pop, For Good

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Andrew Arndt

How Do I Name What I’m Sensing?

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Jessica LM Jenkins

The Forgotten Women of Christmas

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Robert Chao Romero

My Dearest Wormwood, Keep Them Confused

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Joel Varner

What’s the Point?

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Sherene Joseph

A Nuanced and Complicated Relationship

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Ericka Henry

What’s Your Model of Church?

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Dennis R. Edwards

Remembrance and Solidarity

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Amber H. Jones

We Abandoned Our Mothering God: Recovering Collective Trust

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Daniel Yang

If Revival Is Real, the Vulnerable Will Tell Us

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Cheryl You

Green Pastures of Refuge

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Catherine McNiel

Jason Hague

Unanswered Prayer

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Benjamin Park

We Must Rethink the Role of the Pastor

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Jeremy and Monica Chambers

A Few Solutions For Compassion Fatigue

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Dorothy Littell Greco

Abusing Power In God’s Name

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Amanda Hecht

Reclaiming the Tent

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David Swanson

Communities of Wisdom in a World Drowning from Information Overload

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Laura Murray

Hospitality Involves Welcoming Restoration and Repair

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Emily Beth Hill

A Crisis of Control: On Letting Go of Power

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Mandy Smith

A Lifetime of Letters to the Church

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Kris Beckert

Missio Alliance

A (Needed) Conversation On Pastoral Longevity

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Kris Beckert

The Secret Sauce For Pastoral Longevity

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Amber H. Jones

The Bill For Our Recklessness Has Come Due

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Jamie Cowen

How We Treat Immigrants

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Oneya Okuwobi

Aren’t You Tired of Attempting to Dominate? (You Are Loved)

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Chris Kamalski

Letters to the Church: An Invitation to Listen

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Tanita Maddox

Gen Z Christians: Understanding Instead of Degrading

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Julius Shumpert

Saved?: What Will You Do?

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Lisa Rodriguez-Watson

When Are You Going to Rest?

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Dennis R. Edwards

There’s A Different Way To Fight

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Austin Maxheimer

Love Your Neighborhood

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Afrika Afeni Mills

An Invitation to Racial Healing as Spiritual Formation

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Austin Maxheimer

Who Are Our Marginalized Neighbors Today?

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Missio Alliance

Miranda Zapor Cruz

A (Needed) Conversation on Baptism, Borders, and Belonging

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Miranda Zapor Cruz

Baptism Without Borders

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Andrew Arndt

My So-Called Ordinary Life

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Cheryl You

The Healing Leader: Tending Our Wounds to Serve Others

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Missio Alliance

Katelyn J. Dixon

Chris Kamalski

A (Needed) Conversation on Mental Health

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Katelyn J. Dixon

Kintsugi Kingdom: Forgiveness as Mending

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Rowland Smith

An Action-Reflection Approach to Discipleship unto Jesus

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Joylanda Jamison

Stones of Remembrance (A Poem for Juneteenth)

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Lamont Hartman

My Grandmothers’ Stuffing Recipes Can Teach Multi-Racial Congregations

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Vatreisha Nyemba

The Shibuya Crossing and the Holy Spirit’s Intersections

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MaryKate Morse

How Ageism Affects Our Spiritual Formation

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Jesse Carbo

Beyond Twitch: Incarnational Ministry in Everyday Digital Spaces

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Katelyn J. Dixon

The Flowering of Wounds: Beauty Will Save The World

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Josh Hayden

When The Gears Are Stuck: Navigating Change When Change Feels Impossible

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Jon Hietbrink

Jesus’ Whole Field Mission

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Angie Ward

The Whole Church for the Whole World

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Mark Glanville

Preaching in a New Key: A Preacher’s Holistic Health

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Mark Glanville

Preaching in a New Key: Reversing the Direction of Flow

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Jacob Hoyer

Mission Shapes Us In The Going

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Sherene Joseph

An Invitation to Explore the Mystical Heart of God (Pt. 2)