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Mandy Smith

The Impact of Western Ego on the Church

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Ryan Post

Seeing Jesus with Clarity

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Dennis R. Edwards

Avoiding Leadership Inferiority Complex

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Peter White

A Necessary Read: Jemar Tisby and The Color of Compromise

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Justin Lonas

From Mundane Ministry to the Presence of God

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Amy Ickes

Dear Church: Your Mission Isn’t to Attract Millennials

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Anthony Siegrist

Rediscovering the Natural Church

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Kris Beckert

What the Church Can Learn from Macy’s

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Radical Hospitality

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Andrew Arndt

Holding Faith and Doubt in Community

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Mandy Smith

Faith Without Emotion is Dead: Avoiding False Choices When Leaders Fall

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Sahr Mbriwa

Prophets vs. Pimps: The Tension of Spirit-Led Leadership

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MaryKate Morse

Preventing the #MeToo Pain of Children

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Steve Cuss

Managing the Dangers of Chronic Anxiety

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Steve Cuss

How Anxiety So Easily Entangles Us

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Adam Gustine

Becoming a Just Church

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Grace Humbles

The Local Church is a Living Sign of Hope

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Mandy Smith

The Flip Side of Longing

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David Swanson

Immigrants Under Attack: Five Ways the Church Can Respond

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Missio Alliance

JR Rozko

Welcome, Helen Lee –Director of Content & Resource Development

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Wendy Gierhart

An Unexpected Story of Church Partnership

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Derek Vreeland

Addressing the Elephant in the Church: Seven Necessary Components of Integrated Discipleship

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Mandy Smith

When to Loosen Our Tongues: How Testimonies Spark Revival

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Leeann Younger

Your Church Might Be a 501c3 but Your 501c3 Might Not Always Be the Church

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Wendy Gierhart

Have We Made Bible Study Too Simple?

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Jason Wellman

Moving Deeper Into Our Theological Camps: A Warning

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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

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John Johnson

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

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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

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INFEMIT

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

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Seth Richardson

Why Faithfulness Requires Reckoning with Power

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Mandy Smith

Grieving for Rachel as Rachel Would Grieve

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Mandy Smith

Miracles in the Headlines

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Leeann Younger

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

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Glenn Packiam

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

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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

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Derek Vreeland

Why Biblical Inerrancy Doesn’t Work

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David Swanson

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

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Amy Davis Abdallah

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

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Christine Yi Suh

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

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David Fitch

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

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Winfield Bevins

8 Reasons the Next Generation Craves Ancient Liturgy

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Tara Beth Leach

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

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Mandy Smith

Identity Politics and the False Self

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Leeann Younger

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

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Jean Sharp

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

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Seth Richardson

Want Some Leadership Advice? Lead Like a Woman.

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Charles Self

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

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Missio Alliance

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

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Derek Vreeland

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

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Jorge Acevedo

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

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Lesa Engelthaler

The Spiritual Practice of Shutting Up

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MaryKate Morse

A Surprisingly Simple Spiritual Discipline for Restoring the Soul

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David Swanson

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

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Seth Richardson

Ryan Flanigan

The Music We Need For Lent

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Rhesa Higgins

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

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Juliet Liu

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