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MaryKate Morse

Does Character Matter in Our President?

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David Swanson

The Spiritual Discipline of Ignoring White Christianity

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MaryKate Morse

Missio Alliance

Q&A with Dr. MaryKate Morse: On Hierarchy, Authority, and Stewarding Power Well

Featured image for “Hierarchy: A Word Christian Leaders Can Confuse with the Dark and Love to Hate”
MaryKate Morse

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

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Miranda Zapor Cruz

Jesus Subverts Our Messianic Expectations

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Emily Beth Hill

What’s the Matter with Church Branding? (Captive to Capitalism, Part 3)

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Michelle Ferrigno Warren

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

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

Lisa Rodriguez-Watson

The Power of Truth-Telling and Lament

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Mandy Smith

Derek Vreeland

Learning from the Margins: The Difference Between Human and Kingdom Power

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Mandy Smith

Are We Underdogs or Overlords? How Western Christians Can Lose Power Gracefully

Featured image for “What Will Keep Us from Building a Church in the Ruins?”
Kyuboem Lee

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

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Seth Richardson

The Church Needs an Exorcism—And What We Can Do About It

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Donnell Wyche

Being Political as God is Political (Part 2)

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Donnell Wyche

Being Political as God Is Political (Part 1)

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Seth Richardson

Recovering Authority in a Contested Age

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Mandy Smith

Dismantling the Bombshell Lie that Beauty is Power

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Kris Beckert

When “Go Home” Is Innocent No More

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Mandy Smith

We are Not Overcome! Calling the Church to Her True Vocation

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John Johnson

Global Leadership, Cultural Intelligence, and the Voices We So Greatly Need

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Seth Richardson

Why Faithfulness Requires Reckoning with Power

Featured image for “Power Dynamics Are Not Enough:  A Reflection on Christ the Crucified and Our Confusion of Categories”
Glenn Packiam

Power Dynamics Are Not Enough: A Reflection on Christ the Crucified and Our Confusion of Categories

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Lucas Pulley

The Parable of the White Pastor

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Mandy Smith

When the Church Seems Powerless—What If It’s Our Doing?

Featured image for “The Dominant Approach to Leadership in the Church and Why Jesus Means to Upend It”
Kyuboem Lee

The Dominant Approach to Leadership in the Church and Why Jesus Means to Upend It

Featured image for “Repenting As We Go: A 9-Part Podcast Series on Women and Men Leading Together in the Church”
Ben Sternke

Matt Tebbe

Repenting As We Go: A 9-Part Podcast Series on Women and Men Leading Together in the Church

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Ashley Easter

Abuse: Would Your Church Cover It Up?

Featured image for “Pretending Power Dynamics Don’t Exist Can Be Just as Dangerous As Abusing Power”
Adam Gustine

Pretending Power Dynamics Don’t Exist Can Be Just as Dangerous As Abusing Power

Featured image for “Shall We Go Be Among The Oppressed? Reflections on James Cone’s, “The Cross and the Lynching Tree” (Part 1)”
David Fitch

Shall We Go Be Among The Oppressed? Reflections on James Cone’s, “The Cross and the Lynching Tree” (Part 1)

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Mandy Smith

The Surprising Power of Those on the Margins (and how it can be abused)

Featured image for “Feel Powerless in Your Efforts to Invite Minority Voices? You May be Closer to a Way Forward Than You Think!”
Mandy Smith

Feel Powerless in Your Efforts to Invite Minority Voices? You May be Closer to a Way Forward Than You Think!

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

What We Look For in Leaders—and How Jesus is Different

Featured image for “Allyship: Three Jesus-Inspired Ways to Respond to the Election”
Ruthie Johnson

Allyship: Three Jesus-Inspired Ways to Respond to the Election

Featured image for “Crashes and Cries – A 9/11 Reflection”
Michael Rudzena

Crashes and Cries – A 9/11 Reflection

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Mandy Smith

When Christians are Culturally Post-Christian

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Seth Richardson

Becoming Weaker for Mission

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Noah Stepro

Ferguson, WWI, and Reconstruction

Mark Moore

Jesus, the Spirit, and Empowerment