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Sean Palmer

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

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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

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Lesa Engelthaler

This Advent, Let the Gospel of Luke Reawaken Your Hope

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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?

Featured image for “For Kingdom Citizens, Civil Discourse Doesn’t Work”
Seth Richardson

For Kingdom Citizens, Civil Discourse Doesn’t Work

Featured image for “A Man of Honor: What Same-Sex-Attracted Christians Can Give the Church”
Emily Hallock

A Man of Honor: What Same-Sex-Attracted Christians Can Give the Church

Featured image for “Why Your Church Resists the Change that Could Save It—and What to Do About It”
Kris Beckert

Why Your Church Resists the Change that Could Save It—and What to Do About It

Featured image for “Why Attentive Listening is Essential for the Witness of the Church Today”
Keri Hui

Why Attentive Listening is Essential for the Witness of the Church Today

Featured image for “Midterm Elections Day: How the Church Could Turn the Tide on Political Polarization”
Andrew Arndt

Midterm Elections Day: How the Church Could Turn the Tide on Political Polarization

Featured image for “Midterm Elections: Let Us Pray”
Rich Villodas

Midterm Elections: Let Us Pray

Featured image for “Classism Exists in the Church—and It’s Hurting All of Us”
Matt Ingalls

Classism Exists in the Church—and It’s Hurting All of Us

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

Choosing Freedom from Our Stories Despite “The Hate U Give”

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Mandy Smith

I Don’t Have Time to Talk About “Women’s Issues”

Featured image for “Eugene Peterson’s Long Obedience in the Same Direction: A Personal Tribute”
J.R. Briggs

Eugene Peterson’s Long Obedience in the Same Direction: A Personal Tribute

Featured image for “Everything a Gift: Remembering Eugene Peterson”
Winn Collier

Everything a Gift: Remembering Eugene Peterson

Featured image for “The Emotional Issue that Gets in the Way of Women’s Leadership”
Mandy Smith

The Emotional Issue that Gets in the Way of Women’s Leadership

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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David Fitch

Reading the Bible Together When We Don’t Agree

Featured image for “Why Theological Education Must Include Intentional Learning Communities”
Levi Jones

Why Theological Education Must Include Intentional Learning Communities

Featured image for “3 Key Aspects of Mentoring Across the Gender Gap for the Sake of Mission”
Andrea Summers

3 Key Aspects of Mentoring Across the Gender Gap for the Sake of Mission

Featured image for “Four Things I Need to Hear From My Sisters in Christ”
Seth Richardson

Four Things I Need to Hear From My Sisters in Christ

Featured image for “What I Long to Say to My Brothers: “I Release You””
Mandy Smith

What I Long to Say to My Brothers: “I Release You”

Featured image for “Four Ways to Walk in Love as Resurrection People”
Derek Vreeland

Four Ways to Walk in Love as Resurrection People

Featured image for “Setting Aside the World’s Categories: One Pastor’s Approach to Politics”
Mandy Smith

Setting Aside the World’s Categories: One Pastor’s Approach to Politics

Featured image for “Pastoring in a Culture of Independence and Fragility: Reflections from Parenting”
Mandy Smith

Pastoring in a Culture of Independence and Fragility: Reflections from Parenting

Featured image for “The Good News for an Increasingly “Post-Truth” Society”
Joel Yoshonis

The Good News for an Increasingly “Post-Truth” Society

Featured image for “Whatever You Do, Do Not “Just Do It””
Greg McKinzie

Whatever You Do, Do Not “Just Do It”

Featured image for “Confessions of a White Guy: Reflections After the Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel”
Adam Gustine

Confessions of a White Guy: Reflections After the Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel

Featured image for “Abuse: Would Your Church Cover It Up?”
Ashley Easter

Abuse: Would Your Church Cover It Up?

Featured image for “Reflections After the Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel: What’s This Really All About?”
Dennis R. Edwards

Reflections After the Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel: What’s This Really All About?

Featured image for “4 Practices for Navigating Those Conflicting Bible Stories”
Meghan Larissa Good

4 Practices for Navigating Those Conflicting Bible Stories

Featured image for “Sexual Misconduct at Willow Creek: Why We Must Bid the Business Model of Church Goodbye”
Joy Craun

Sexual Misconduct at Willow Creek: Why We Must Bid the Business Model of Church Goodbye

Featured image for “Trauma from Abuse: How the Church Can Care for Those Seeking Healing”
MaryKate Morse

Trauma from Abuse: How the Church Can Care for Those Seeking Healing

Featured image for “Faith Under Construction: The Upside Down Gathering in Chicago”
Kayla Craig

Faith Under Construction: The Upside Down Gathering in Chicago

Featured image for “(Video) The Church’s Sexual Abuse Crisis: Our Open Letter to Women in the Church”
Juliet Liu

(Video) The Church’s Sexual Abuse Crisis: Our Open Letter to Women in the Church

Featured image for “Your Shalom Come: Where Can Hope Be Found in Our Day?”
Al Tizon

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Your Shalom Come: Where Can Hope Be Found in Our Day?

Featured image for “The Surprising Solution When Gender Dynamics Seem to Be Destroying the Church”
Mandy Smith

The Surprising Solution When Gender Dynamics Seem to Be Destroying the Church

Featured image for “7 Questions All Pastors Need to Ask Themselves Post-Hybels”
Rich Villodas

7 Questions All Pastors Need to Ask Themselves Post-Hybels

Featured image for “Mental Illness: 7 Practices for Ministering Well—Even if You’re Not A Mental Health Professional”
Amy Simpson

Mental Illness: 7 Practices for Ministering Well—Even if You’re Not A Mental Health Professional

Featured image for “What’s Your Definition of Marriage?”
Derek Vreeland

What’s Your Definition of Marriage?

Featured image for “The Church Needs to Be a Place for Radical Innovation: Here’s How”
Anthony Siegrist

The Church Needs to Be a Place for Radical Innovation: Here’s How

Featured image for “4 Practices for Discipling Kids Who Live Justly”
Tony Caldwell

4 Practices for Discipling Kids Who Live Justly

Featured image for “Called to Participate in the Ministry of Suffering with the Weeping God”
Keri Hui

Called to Participate in the Ministry of Suffering with the Weeping God

Featured image for “How the Way We Talk About Sin Can Keep Us From Being Good People”
Sean Palmer

How the Way We Talk About Sin Can Keep Us From Being Good People

Featured image for “The Good News About Our Longings: Sexuality and Spirituality”
Rich Villodas

The Good News About Our Longings: Sexuality and Spirituality

Featured image for “Take a Knee for the Children”
Carolyn Custis James

Take a Knee for the Children

Featured image for “Christianity Isn’t Personal or Public—It’s Both”
Andrew Arndt

Christianity Isn’t Personal or Public—It’s Both

Featured image for “A Remedy for Your Exhaustion”
Ruth Haley Barton

A Remedy for Your Exhaustion

Featured image for “How A Theology of the City Helps the Whole Church: A Review of Urban Spirituality by Karina Kreminski”
Mandy Smith

How A Theology of the City Helps the Whole Church: A Review of Urban Spirituality by Karina Kreminski

Featured image for “The Fourth of July: Four Perspectives on Celebrating”
Rich Villodas

The Fourth of July: Four Perspectives on Celebrating

Featured image for “3 Ways the Church Can Jettison the Idea of Race as Biology”
Ryan Kuja

3 Ways the Church Can Jettison the Idea of Race as Biology

Featured image for “Sleepless in the States: World Refugee Day and the Crisis at the Border”
Tish Harrison Warren

Sleepless in the States: World Refugee Day and the Crisis at the Border

Featured image for “Jesus Moved into the Neighborhood: Do We Have Eyes to Recognize Him?”
Ruth Padilla DeBorst

INFEMIT

Jesus Moved into the Neighborhood: Do We Have Eyes to Recognize Him?

Featured image for “Is (Healthy) Cross-Gendered Ministry Even Possible?”
Seth Richardson

Is (Healthy) Cross-Gendered Ministry Even Possible?