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MaryKate Morse
Does Character Matter in Our President?
David Swanson
The Spiritual Discipline of Ignoring White Christianity
MaryKate Morse
Missio Alliance
Q&A with Dr. MaryKate Morse: On Hierarchy, Authority, and Stewarding Power Well
MaryKate Morse
Hierarchy: A Word Christian Leaders Can Confuse with the Dark and Love to Hate
Miranda Zapor Cruz
Jesus Subverts Our Messianic Expectations
Emily Beth Hill
What’s the Matter with Church Branding? (Captive to Capitalism, Part 3)
Michelle Ferrigno Warren
The Pursuit of Justice Through Proximity, Advocacy, and Faith-Rooted Activism
Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
Lisa Rodriguez-Watson
The Power of Truth-Telling and Lament
Mandy Smith
Derek Vreeland
Learning from the Margins: The Difference Between Human and Kingdom Power
Mandy Smith
Are We Underdogs or Overlords? How Western Christians Can Lose Power Gracefully
Kyuboem Lee
What Will Keep Us from Building a Church in the Ruins?
Seth Richardson
The Church Needs an Exorcism—And What We Can Do About It
Donnell Wyche
Being Political as God is Political (Part 2)
Donnell Wyche
Being Political as God Is Political (Part 1)
Seth Richardson
Recovering Authority in a Contested Age
Mandy Smith
Dismantling the Bombshell Lie that Beauty is Power
Kris Beckert
When “Go Home” Is Innocent No More
Mandy Smith
We are Not Overcome! Calling the Church to Her True Vocation
John Johnson
Global Leadership, Cultural Intelligence, and the Voices We So Greatly Need
Seth Richardson
Why Faithfulness Requires Reckoning with Power
Glenn Packiam
Power Dynamics Are Not Enough: A Reflection on Christ the Crucified and Our Confusion of Categories
Lucas Pulley
The Parable of the White Pastor
Mandy Smith
When the Church Seems Powerless—What If It’s Our Doing?
Kyuboem Lee
The Dominant Approach to Leadership in the Church and Why Jesus Means to Upend It
Ben Sternke
Matt Tebbe
Repenting As We Go: A 9-Part Podcast Series on Women and Men Leading Together in the Church
Ashley Easter
Abuse: Would Your Church Cover It Up?
Adam Gustine
Pretending Power Dynamics Don’t Exist Can Be Just as Dangerous As Abusing Power
David Fitch
Shall We Go Be Among The Oppressed? Reflections on James Cone’s, “The Cross and the Lynching Tree” (Part 1)
Mandy Smith
The Surprising Power of Those on the Margins (and how it can be abused)
Mandy Smith
Feel Powerless in Your Efforts to Invite Minority Voices? You May be Closer to a Way Forward Than You Think!
Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
What We Look For in Leaders—and How Jesus is Different
Ruthie Johnson
Allyship: Three Jesus-Inspired Ways to Respond to the Election
Michael Rudzena
Crashes and Cries – A 9/11 Reflection
Mandy Smith
When Christians are Culturally Post-Christian
Seth Richardson
Becoming Weaker for Mission
Noah Stepro
Ferguson, WWI, and Reconstruction
Mark Moore
Jesus, the Spirit, and Empowerment
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