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Glenn Packiam

Five Reasons Fruitfulness Is Better Than Productivity

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Missio Alliance

Reflection and Anticipation: Missio Alliance Staff on 2022 and the Future

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Lisa Rodriguez-Watson

A Disruptive Incarnation: Reflecting on the Cost of Immanuel Drawing Near

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Sahr Mbriwa

Truth-Telling: A Just Movement Toward Human Flourishing (More Than Words, Pt. 1)

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Juliet Liu

Loving One’s Enemy as an Act of Liberation (Loving Our Enemies, Part 2)

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Juliet Liu

Is Loving One’s Enemies in a World of Trauma Another Form of Oppression? (Loving Our Enemies, Part 1)

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Carolyn Custis James

Redemptive Disruptions: How They Shape Our Stories and Reshape Our Theology

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Andrew Arndt

At the Watchtower: An Advent Meditation

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Kris Beckert

Disrupted Giving: An Uncomfortable Opportunity (Part 2: The Future of Giving)

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Kris Beckert

Disrupted Giving: An Uncomfortable Opportunity (Part 1: The Origins of Giving)

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Mandy Smith

We’re All Pioneers Now: Skills for the Unchartered Landscape of the 21st-Century Church

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Ian McFadden

Sticking With It When the Church Is in Decline

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Michelle T. Sanchez

Want to Dismantle Racism? Disrupt Your Discipleship

Featured image for “The Myth of the 93%: Fathers and Mothers Are Not a Competitive Hierarchy in the Home”
Miranda Zapor Cruz

The Myth of the 93%: Fathers and Mothers Are Not a Competitive Hierarchy in the Home

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Chris Kamalski

A Season of Disruption: An Introduction to Our First Long-Form Series

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Rich Villodas

Formation for a Newly Disrupted Generation

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Karina Kreminski

Beauty in the Scratches

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Emily Beth Hill

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

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Seth Richardson

The Gospel Is Inherently Social and That Should Change the Way We Lead

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Michelle Ferrigno Warren

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

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QuaWanna Bannarbie

The Call and Response of Community Lament

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Mariah Humphries

Christians and the Forgotten Federal Indian Boarding School Connection

Featured image for “Understanding Branding Before You Market Your Church (Captive to Capitalism, Part 2)”
Emily Beth Hill

Understanding Branding Before You Market Your Church (Captive to Capitalism, Part 2)

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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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Angie Ward

Chris Kamalski

A Dialogue on Kingdom and Country with Angie Ward

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MaryKate Morse

Spiritual Direction: Why We Need It

Featured image for “Lessons from the Desert: How Frustration with the Church May Be an Invitation of the Spirit”
Andrew Arndt

Lessons from the Desert: How Frustration with the Church May Be an Invitation of the Spirit

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Emily Beth Hill

Examining How the Economy Disciples Us (Captive to Capitalism series, Part 1)

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Isabel Tom

How Loving the Old Will Strengthen Your Church

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Dennis R. Edwards

Humility: A Missing Ingredient

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Ben Sternke

Matt Tebbe

Reconstructing Faith After Deconstruction

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Carolyn Custis James

Disarming Patriarchy

Featured image for ““So Much Trauma”: <em>WandaVision</em> as Metaphor”
Rich Villodas

“So Much Trauma”: WandaVision as Metaphor

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Chris Kamalski

How to Read Formationally: Reading with the Spirit of God

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Missio Alliance

Breathe In, Breathe Out: A Liturgy for the 4th of July

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Derek Vreeland

How Our Ignorance Slows Racial Justice and What We Can Do About It

Featured image for “Contemplative Spirituality Provides a Trauma-Informed Approach to Growing Healthier Churches”
Juliet Liu

Contemplative Spirituality Provides a Trauma-Informed Approach to Growing Healthier Churches

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

Juneteenth: A Day for Joy and Truth-Telling

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Mandy Smith

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

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Michelle Reyes

Three Steps to Developing a Multicultural Liturgy in Your Church

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MaryKate Morse

My Southern Baptist Stories: A Plea to the Church

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Miranda Zapor Cruz

Burning Away Barriers and Blowing Down Walls

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Justin Heap

Sean Palmer

Holding Space for Healing

Featured image for “The Continued Problem with Thoughts and Prayers”
Rich Villodas

The Continued Problem with Thoughts and Prayers

Featured image for “Racial Transformation Begins in Your Home”
Helen Lee

Michelle Reyes

Racial Transformation Begins in Your Home

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Gaby Viesca

Erasing Mary, The Mother of God

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Samantha Rauh

Yes, Your Church Can Start a Special Needs Ministry

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Lisa Rodriguez-Watson

Immigrants—the Best Hope for Christian Renewal in America

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Steve Noble

Is the Church Creating a Fragmented Spirituality in Emerging Adults?

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Justin Heap

Taw & Busk: Poetry For Holy Week

Featured image for “Fascism, Pandemic, and Apathy: How Christians Led in Past Crises”
Ian McFadden

Fascism, Pandemic, and Apathy: How Christians Led in Past Crises

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Michelle Reyes

Centering Voices of Color is More Complicated Than We Realized

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Dan White

The Weight of Ministry Leadership

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David Swanson

Christian Nationalism: What Dismantles It

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David Swanson

Christian Nationalism: What Defines It

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Miranda Zapor Cruz

When the Psalm Isn’t For Me

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Catherine McNiel

What Does Loving Your Enemies Look Like in 2022?

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Dennae Pierre

Two Paths Toward Discovering Gravity and God’s Mystery

Featured image for “Eleven Ways to Be a Great Partner to BIPOC Communities”
Donnell Wyche

Eleven Ways to Be a Great Partner to BIPOC Communities