Lisa Rodriguez-Watson

Lisa Rodriguez-Watson desires to see all people reconciled to God and to each other. Investing in this passionate call for more than two decades has led Lisa to urban church planting, international missions and community development, immigration advocacy, collegiate ministry, and seminary teaching. She currently serves as the National Director of Missio Alliance, and as an associate pastor at Christ City Church. A proud Cuban-American, Lisa writes, speaks, and leads at the intersection of formation, justice, and mission

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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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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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Sherene Joseph

A Nuanced and Complicated Relationship

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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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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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Amanda Hecht

Reclaiming the Tent

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Derek Vreeland

Missio Alliance

A (Needed) Conversation on Christian Nationalism and the Prosperity Gospel

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Derek Vreeland

How Christian Nationalism and the Prosperity Gospel Distort the Way of Jesus

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David Swanson

Communities of Wisdom in a World Drowning from Information Overload

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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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Amber H. Jones

The Bill For Our Recklessness Has Come Due

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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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Julius Shumpert

Saved?: What Will You Do?

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Julius Shumpert

Saved?: Where Will You Go?

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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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Catherine McNiel

Jason Hague

Wolves in Shepherd’s Clothing

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Afrika Afeni Mills

An Invitation to Racial Healing as Spiritual Formation

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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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Miranda Zapor Cruz

The Myth of the 93%: Fathers and Mothers are not a Competitive Hierarchy in the Home

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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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Trisha Welstad

Spring Walks, Parrot Squawks, and Signs of Resurrection

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Catherine McNiel

Jason Hague

Finding a Path Through Spiritual Dead Ends

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MaryKate Morse

How Ageism Affects Our Spiritual Formation

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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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Gino Curcuruto

The Problem(s) with Evangelism

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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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Sherene Joseph

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

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Sherene Joseph

An Invitation to Explore the Mystical Heart of God (Pt. 1)

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Joylanda Jamison

Becoming One Again: Experiencing Wholeness with the Trinity

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Julius Shumpert

I Thirst

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Amber H. Jones

The Mothering Love of God: Our Unacknowledged Longing

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Benjamin Park

More Than A Museum For Saints

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Christopher Smith

Lindsey Cornett

Reflections on Awakenings 2025 from The Englewood Review of Books

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Missio Alliance

Embers in the Campfire: Awakenings 2025 Day 3

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Missio Alliance

What If We Gave It All Back?: Awakenings 2025 Day 2