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Anthony Siegrist

The Economy is Making Many Jobs Obsolete—How Churches Can Be Different

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Mandy Smith

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

Featured image for “Global Leadership, Cultural Intelligence, and the Voices We So Greatly Need”
John Johnson

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

Featured image for “The Poway Synagogue Shooting – We Should All be Surprised by the Surprise”
Rich Villodas

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

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Kris Beckert

Celebrating Mother’s Day as a Non-Mom

Featured image for “What We Must Learn from The Global South When it Comes to a Theology of Work”
INFEMIT

What We Must Learn from The Global South When it Comes to a Theology of Work

Featured image for “Why Faithfulness Requires Reckoning with Power”
Seth Richardson

Why Faithfulness Requires Reckoning with Power

Featured image for “Grieving for Rachel as Rachel Would Grieve”
Mandy Smith

Grieving for Rachel as Rachel Would Grieve

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Mandy Smith

Miracles in the Headlines

Featured image for “Four Practices to Help You (and Your Ministry) Break Free from “Slaveholder Religion””
Leeann Younger

Four Practices to Help You (and Your Ministry) Break Free from “Slaveholder Religion”

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

Featured image for “How to Move Your Preaching from “Completion of a Task” to “An Act of Love””
Jeren Rowell

How to Move Your Preaching from “Completion of a Task” to “An Act of Love”

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Lucas Pulley

The Parable of the White Pastor

Featured image for “Why Biblical Inerrancy Doesn’t Work”
Derek Vreeland

Why Biblical Inerrancy Doesn’t Work

Featured image for “Young Leaders: Here Are 10 Ways to “Lead Up” for Reconciliation and Racial Justice”
David Swanson

Young Leaders: Here Are 10 Ways to “Lead Up” for Reconciliation and Racial Justice

Featured image for “These Women Played An Enormous Role in Shaping Christianity—Do You Know Their Names?”
Amy Davis Abdallah

These Women Played An Enormous Role in Shaping Christianity—Do You Know Their Names?

Featured image for “Thinking Differently About Rest: What Communities of Color Can Teach the Church”
Christine Yi Suh

Thinking Differently About Rest: What Communities of Color Can Teach the Church

Featured image for “3 Ways We Must Reimagine Our Ecclesiology in a Post-Willow Creek World”
David Fitch

3 Ways We Must Reimagine Our Ecclesiology in a Post-Willow Creek World

Featured image for “8 Reasons the Next Generation Craves Ancient Liturgy”
Winfield Bevins

8 Reasons the Next Generation Craves Ancient Liturgy

Featured image for “Mothers are Drowning in Stress—Here are 6 Ways Your Church Can Help”
Tara Beth Leach

Mothers are Drowning in Stress—Here are 6 Ways Your Church Can Help

Featured image for “Identity Politics and the False Self”
Mandy Smith

Identity Politics and the False Self

Featured image for “3 Practices to Stay on Mission in a Fast-Gentrifying Landscape”
Leeann Younger

3 Practices to Stay on Mission in a Fast-Gentrifying Landscape

Featured image for “The Great Vigil: The Best Liturgical Practice You’ve Never Heard Of”
Jean Sharp

The Great Vigil: The Best Liturgical Practice You’ve Never Heard Of

Featured image for “Want Some Leadership Advice? Lead Like a Woman.”
Seth Richardson

Want Some Leadership Advice? Lead Like a Woman.

Featured image for “What’s the Difference Between Healthy Self-Denial and Unhealthy Self-Destruction?”
Charles Self

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

Featured image for “5 Timely Conversations You Don’t Want to Miss at Awakenings”
Missio Alliance

5 Timely Conversations You Don’t Want to Miss at Awakenings

Featured image for “Jesus Died So God Wouldn’t Be Angry With Us Anymore…and Other Misunderstandings about the Cross”
Derek Vreeland

Jesus Died So God Wouldn’t Be Angry With Us Anymore…and Other Misunderstandings about the Cross

Featured image for “In the Aftermath of the United Methodist Vote, There Are No Winners”
Jorge Acevedo

In the Aftermath of the United Methodist Vote, There Are No Winners

Featured image for “The Spiritual Practice of Shutting Up”
Lesa Engelthaler

The Spiritual Practice of Shutting Up

Featured image for “A Surprisingly Simple Spiritual Discipline for Restoring the Soul”
MaryKate Morse

A Surprisingly Simple Spiritual Discipline for Restoring the Soul

Featured image for “Read this Book If You Want to  Minister Holistically in a Fractured World”
David Swanson

Read this Book If You Want to Minister Holistically in a Fractured World

Featured image for “The Music We Need For Lent”
Seth Richardson

Ryan Flanigan

The Music We Need For Lent

Featured image for “One Place You Can Go to Recover from the Noise of Ministry’s Demands”
Rhesa Higgins

One Place You Can Go to Recover from the Noise of Ministry’s Demands

Featured image for “Sexual Abuse: 12 Resources for Church Leaders Committed to Preventing It”
Juliet Liu

Sexual Abuse: 12 Resources for Church Leaders Committed to Preventing It

Featured image for “When the Church Seems Powerless—What If It’s Our Doing?”
Mandy Smith

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

Featured image for “Churches are Closing. These Four Models are Thriving.”
Chris Morton

Churches are Closing. These Four Models are Thriving.

Featured image for “What the Collision Between Covington Catholic School Boys and Nathan Phillips Reveals About White Supremacy”
Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

What the Collision Between Covington Catholic School Boys and Nathan Phillips Reveals About White Supremacy

Featured image for “Spiritual Director, Counselor, and Pastor: Who Does What?”
MaryKate Morse

Spiritual Director, Counselor, and Pastor: Who Does What?

Featured image for “Seminary for the Rest of Us: Theological Education Isn’t Just for Pastors”
Josh Sweeden

Seminary for the Rest of Us: Theological Education Isn’t Just for Pastors

Featured image for “What the Government Shutdown Has Taught Us”
Kris Beckert

What the Government Shutdown Has Taught Us

Featured image for “One Korean American Woman’s Call to Pastoral Ministry—and What the Church Stands to Gain”
Christine Yi Suh

One Korean American Woman’s Call to Pastoral Ministry—and What the Church Stands to Gain

Featured image for “14 Dynamic Leaders of Color and Women You Should Know About”
Sean Palmer

Mandy Smith

14 Dynamic Leaders of Color and Women You Should Know About

Featured image for “Church, Today We Need Dr. King’s Vision of Justice”
Derek Vreeland

Church, Today We Need Dr. King’s Vision of Justice

Featured image for “Racism and The Dying American Church”
Joy Craun

Racism and The Dying American Church

Featured image for “The 1 Thing We Forget About Jesus’ Baptism During Epiphany”
Geoff Holsclaw

The 1 Thing We Forget About Jesus’ Baptism During Epiphany

Featured image for “What If the Pain Women Experience in the Church Better Equips Them to Lead?”
Mandy Smith

What If the Pain Women Experience in the Church Better Equips Them to Lead?

Featured image for “A Brief Theology of Walls”
Geoff Holsclaw

A Brief Theology of Walls

Featured image for “Top 20 Articles of 2018 from Missio Alliance”
Juliet Liu

Top 20 Articles of 2018 from Missio Alliance

Featured image for “One Pastor’s Journey to the Border and What She Found There”
Kat Armas

One Pastor’s Journey to the Border and What She Found There

Featured image for “15 Books from 2018 that Will Get You to #ReadWomen”
Juliet Liu

15 Books from 2018 that Will Get You to #ReadWomen

Featured image for “Believing Our Carols at Christmas: Embracing Our Brother, the Slave”
Sean Palmer

Believing Our Carols at Christmas: Embracing Our Brother, the Slave

Featured image for “The Greatest Obstacle to the Gospel Today: Racism and the White Church”
MaryKate Morse

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

Featured image for “How Saint Francis Can Help Save Christmas”
Sean Palmer

How Saint Francis Can Help Save Christmas

Featured image for “Colonialism and Mission: 4 Lessons We Must Learn from History”
Anthony Siegrist

Colonialism and Mission: 4 Lessons We Must Learn from History

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 “This Advent, Let the Gospel of Luke Reawaken Your Hope”
Lesa Engelthaler

This Advent, Let the Gospel of Luke Reawaken Your Hope

Featured image for “Waiting in the Margins: A Daily Advent Resource”
Jared Siebert

Waiting in the Margins: A Daily Advent Resource

Featured image for “Advent: the Once & Future Coming of Jesus Christ by Fleming Rutledge [Book Review]”
Dustin Bagby

Advent: the Once & Future Coming of Jesus Christ by Fleming Rutledge [Book Review]

Featured image for “Caring for Orphans Globally: How Can the Church in the West Do Better?”
INFEMIT

Caring for Orphans Globally: How Can the Church in the West Do Better?

Featured image for “Christ the King Sunday: What Does It Mean that Jesus is King?”
Karen Wilk

Christ the King Sunday: What Does It Mean that Jesus is King?