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

Called, Capable, and Necessary: Women Leading the Church

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Daniel Yang

Missio Alliance

A Needed Conversation on Revival in America

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Bethany Becker

A Subversive Enemy of Allyship

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Lisa Rodriguez-Watson

Faithful Witness in a Fractured Moment

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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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Robert Chao Romero

My Dearest Wormwood, Keep Them Confused

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Daniel Yang

If Revival Is Real, the Vulnerable Will Tell Us

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Laura Murray

Hospitality Involves Welcoming Restoration and Repair

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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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Austin Maxheimer

Love Your Neighborhood

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Austin Maxheimer

Who Are Our Marginalized Neighbors Today?

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Joylanda Jamison

Stones of Remembrance (A Poem for Juneteenth)

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Katelyn J. Dixon

The Flowering of Wounds: Beauty Will Save The World

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Oneya Okuwobi

I Set Out to End Racism and Failed

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Julius Shumpert

I Thirst

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Liliana Reza

The Borderlands: What Will We Do?

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David Swanson

Faithful Mission Through The Chaos (Part 2)

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David Swanson

Faithful Mission Through The Chaos (Part 1)

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Heather Matthews

Sexism in the Church Decreases Missional Effectiveness

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Heather Matthews

Biblical Justice Includes Justice for Women

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David Swanson

Reconciling to Place

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Dennis R. Edwards

Listening to Black Voices Experiencing Oppression

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Todd Deatherage

Every Bombed Village Is My Hometown

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Dennis R. Edwards

Listening to Black Voices Experiencing Oppression

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Ruth Padilla DeBorst

The Blessing of Discomfort: A Global Church Perspective

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

I Need A Good Shout!

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Missio Alliance

2023: A Year In Review

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Dennis R. Edwards

Advent: The Nexus of Humility, Justice, and Joy

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Oneya Okuwobi

Hungry People and Full People

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Michelle Ferrigno Warren

Dr. King Shines a Light Forward for Justice Work Today (‘I Have A Dream’ 60th Anniversary Version)

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

Origin Stories Matter: On Juneteenth

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Michelle Ferrigno Warren

Dr. King Shines a Light Forward for Justice Work Today

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Dennis R. Edwards

Wait for Each Other: Receiving One Another As Siblings in Christ (Pt. 2)

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Dennis R. Edwards

Wait for Each Other: Disrupting the Status Quo for the Sake of Solidarity (Pt. 1)

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Sahr Mbriwa

Truth-Telling: An Integrated Engagement With Our Differentiated Self (More Than Words, Pt. 2)

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Sahr Mbriwa

Truth-Telling: A Just Movement Toward Human Flourishing (More Than Words, Pt. 1)

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Michelle Ferrigno Warren

The Pursuit of Justice Through Proximity, Advocacy, and Faith-Rooted Activism

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Derek Vreeland

How Our Ignorance Slows Racial Justice and What We Can Do About It

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Juliet Liu

Contemplative Spirituality Provides a Trauma-Informed Approach to Growing Healthier Churches

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Steve Noble

Is the Church Creating a Fragmented Spirituality in Emerging Adults?

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Chris Morton

Top 10 Articles of 2021

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Kyuboem Lee

What Will Keep Us from Building a Church in the Ruins?

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Donnell Wyche

Rejecting the Lie that Life Has to Be This Way

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Robert Chao Romero

Finding a Home in the Brown Church: A One-Year Retrospective

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David Swanson

A Verdict to Both Lament and Praise

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Derek Vreeland

Why Do White Christians Remain Silent?

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David Swanson

Ten Characteristics of Biblical Justice

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Rose Lee-Norman

Jon Houghton

Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Part 2

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Carolyn Custis James

The 2020 Ezer Surge

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Fred Liggin

Five Steps to Marathon Together in Peacemaking and Justice Seeking

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David Swanson

A Moment or a Movement?

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Vince Bantu

The Pure and Undefiled Job Description of the Christian

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Rich Villodas

Free-ish: the Here-but-Not-Yet Reality of Racial Justice

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Leeann Younger

Forgiveness is Free…But Repentance Comes With a Cost

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Andrew Arndt

“Pastor, Can’t We Just Preach The Gospel?”

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Rich Villodas

A Prayer of Lament for These Troubled Times

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Montague Williams

A Word for the Exhausted

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David Swanson

Terrible Truths for the Church to Face