Mandy Smith

Mandy Smith is an Australian pastor, artist and author. Her books include The Vulnerable Pastor (2015) and Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith Beyond the Baggage of Western Culture (2021). Her next book, Confessions of an Amateur Saint, will be released in October 2024. Mandy and her husband Jamie, a New Testament professor, live in their parsonage where the teapot is always warm. Learn more at her site: www.thewayistheway.org

Articles by Mandy Smith

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Mandy Smith

Can Christian Leaders Hope to Flourish?

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Cheryl You

The Ongoing Journey of Becoming a Trauma-Informed Pastor

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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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MaryKate Morse

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

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Missio Alliance

2023: A Year In Review

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Jared Patrick Boyd

Keep Yourselves in the Love of God

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MaryKate Morse

Why Go to Seminary?

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Isabel Tom

The Gift Underneath Our Wrinkles: Is Aging Actually A Grace?

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Derek Vreeland

Five Ways Deconstruction Can Deepen Faith Without Devolving into Demolition

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Morgan Strehlow

The Words We Store In Our Hearts

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Gaby Viesca

Everything Belongs: On Joining Missio Alliance and Other Questions of Discernment

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Emily Beth Hill

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

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Emily Beth Hill

Examining How the Economy Disciples Us (Captive to Capitalism series, Part 1)

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Steve Noble

Is the Church Creating a Fragmented Spirituality in Emerging Adults?

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Glenn Packiam

Why Worship Together? Three Paradigms of Congregational Worship

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Rory Noland

Worship that Forms and Transforms

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J.R. Briggs

The Healing Touches We Need, Now More than Ever

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J.R. Briggs

My Spiritual Formation in the Wake of COVID

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Sherin Swift

Jay Y. Kim

Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Part 3

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Karina Kreminski

Allowing God to Love us Through Centering Prayer

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Krystal Speed

An Advent Invitation: Recalling God’s Promises with Every Breath

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Rich Villodas

The Need for Deeply Formed Pastors

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Jared Patrick Boyd

This Present Desert: God’s Invitation to Solitude and Slowness

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MaryKate Morse

Emotional Health at Such a Time as This

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Christine Yi Suh

Practicing Abundance in an Age of Anxiety

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MaryKate Morse

The Art of Grieving: A Spiritual Practice for our Time

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Tara Beth Leach

When Mondays are the Pits: Four Practices to Nourish Your Soul

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Rich Villodas

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

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Charles Self

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

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MaryKate Morse

The Greatest Obstacle to the Gospel Today: Racism and the White Church

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Rich Villodas

7 Questions All Pastors Need to Ask Themselves Post-Hybels

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Andrew Arndt

Christianity Isn’t Personal or Public—It’s Both

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Ruth Haley Barton

A Remedy for Your Exhaustion

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Tara Beth Leach

What Women Most Need From Our Brothers in Christ After #ChurchToo

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Emily Beth Hill

American Christians: Are We Being Formed by Christ or Capitalism?

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Derek Vreeland

A Trinitarian Vision of Spiritual Transformation

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Juliet Liu

The Missio Alliance Essential Reading List of 2017

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Derek Vreeland

4 Essential Practices for Spiritual Formation

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Tara Beth Leach

The Worst Best Monday Ever

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Derek Vreeland

Stupid is Repairable: Growing as Thoughtful Followers of Jesus

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MaryKate Morse

When Male Leadership is Privileged

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Seth Richardson

Becoming Weaker for Mission

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Ruthie Johnson

On Being Truly Human in Spiritual Formation and Discipleship