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Seth Richardson

We Are Not Exiles; We Are Babylon

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Sean Palmer

Agreeing with Time: The Art of Dying Well

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Rowland Smith

Rewilding the Mission of the Church

Featured image for “Who Gets the Bigger Share of God’s Love?”
MaryKate Morse

Who Gets the Bigger Share of God’s Love?

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Mayra Ramos

The Theology of a ‘Bombera’

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Miranda Zapor Cruz

Faithful Approaches to Politics

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David Swanson

Reconciling to Place

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Mandy Smith

Can Christian Leaders Hope to Flourish?

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Nicole Doyley

Racism Hinders Spiritual Formation

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Lamont Hartman

Coping with Persistent Relational Isolation as a Pastor of Color

Featured image for “El Encanto Latino: Un Regalo Para La Iglesia”
Gaby Viesca

Lisa Rodriguez-Watson

El Encanto Latino: Un Regalo Para La Iglesia

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Gaby Viesca

Lisa Rodriguez-Watson

The Latino Encanto: Gifts for the Church

Featured image for “Acompañamiento: The Sacred Between Us”
Liliana Reza

Acompañamiento: The Sacred Between Us

Featured image for “Restoring A Masterpiece: God’s Tender Care For Sexual Assault Victims”
Bethany Becker

Restoring A Masterpiece: God’s Tender Care For Sexual Assault Victims

Featured image for “Wholeness and Beauty in the Life of the Church”
Missio Alliance

Wholeness and Beauty in the Life of the Church

Featured image for “The Costco Run: Confronting My True Self”
Benjamin Park

The Costco Run: Confronting My True Self

Featured image for “Every Woman Has a Story (of Sexism)”
Heather Matthews

Every Woman Has a Story (of Sexism)

Featured image for “Arise and Shine: Missional Living that Boldly Confronts”
Vatreisha Nyemba

Arise and Shine: Missional Living that Boldly Confronts

Featured image for “My Country Isn’t The Kingdom”
Miranda Zapor Cruz

My Country Isn’t The Kingdom

Featured image for “Jesus as CEO (and Other Unhelpful Leadership Metaphors)”
Emily Hill

Jesus as CEO (and Other Unhelpful Leadership Metaphors)

Featured image for “The Common Good: What is Freedom For?”
Amber H. Jones

The Common Good: What is Freedom For?

Featured image for “What Art Does: An Artmaker’s Wisdom on Life and Leadership”
Mandy Smith

What Art Does: An Artmaker’s Wisdom on Life and Leadership

Featured image for “Seek the Welfare of the City”
Chris Kamalski

Seek the Welfare of the City

Featured image for “Listening to Black Voices Experiencing Oppression”
Dennis R. Edwards

Listening to Black Voices Experiencing Oppression

Featured image for “A False Dichotomy: Am I Black or Am I Christian?”
Joylanda Jamison

A False Dichotomy: Am I Black or Am I Christian?

Featured image for “Walking Amongst Our Dry Bones”
Alex Booker

Walking Amongst Our Dry Bones

Featured image for “Flourishing and Cruciformity: Paradoxical Tensions in the Christian Life”
Sahr Mbriwa

Flourishing and Cruciformity: Paradoxical Tensions in the Christian Life

Featured image for “Why Haven’t We Made More Progress?”
Nicole Doyley

Why Haven’t We Made More Progress?

Featured image for “Every Bombed Village Is My Hometown”
Todd Deatherage

Every Bombed Village Is My Hometown

Featured image for “Standing in the Middle of the World: A Bicultural Story of Finding Belonging”
Prasanta Verma

Standing in the Middle of the World: A Bicultural Story of Finding Belonging

Featured image for “Assimilation Displaces, and the Church is Complicit”
Eun Strawser

Assimilation Displaces, and the Church is Complicit

Featured image for “Dismantling Patriarchy to Recover the Blessed Alliance (Part 2)”
Carolyn Custis James

Dismantling Patriarchy to Recover the Blessed Alliance (Part 2)

Featured image for “Dismantling Patriarchy to Recover the Blessed Alliance (Part 1)”
Carolyn Custis James

Dismantling Patriarchy to Recover the Blessed Alliance (Part 1)

Featured image for “The Essential Need for Integrity in Leaders and Systems (Part 2)”
MaryKate Morse

The Essential Need for Integrity in Leaders and Systems (Part 2)

Featured image for “The Essential Need for Integrity in Leaders and Systems (Part 1)”
MaryKate Morse

The Essential Need for Integrity in Leaders and Systems (Part 1)

Featured image for “The Church is Strangely Fascinated with Youthfulness”
Daniel E. Harris

The Church is Strangely Fascinated with Youthfulness

Featured image for “The Elimination of Friction: An Opposing Perspective Is Deeply Formative”
Jason Gaboury

The Elimination of Friction: An Opposing Perspective Is Deeply Formative

Featured image for “Listening to Black Voices Experiencing Oppression”
Dennis R. Edwards

Listening to Black Voices Experiencing Oppression

Featured image for “The Spiritual Discipline of Ignoring White Christianity”
David Swanson

The Spiritual Discipline of Ignoring White Christianity

Featured image for “Q&A with Dr. MaryKate Morse: On Hierarchy, Authority, and Stewarding Power Well”
MaryKate Morse

Missio Alliance

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

Featured image for “Awakening to Creation is Key for Flourishing Churches in Post-Christendom”
Mark Glanville

Awakening to Creation is Key for Flourishing Churches in Post-Christendom

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

Featured image for “The Blessing of Discomfort: A Global Church Perspective”
Ruth Padilla DeBorst

The Blessing of Discomfort: A Global Church Perspective

Featured image for “Injecting the Tonic of Humility: Could Political Healing Come From An Unexpected Quarter?”
Ian McFadden

Injecting the Tonic of Humility: Could Political Healing Come From An Unexpected Quarter?

Featured image for “I Need A Good Shout!”
Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

I Need A Good Shout!

Featured image for “The State of the Church in America Through the Lens of Contemplation”
Tracy Mathews

The State of the Church in America Through the Lens of Contemplation

Featured image for “Informed But Not Transformed: The Power of Art in Our Formation (Pt. 2)”
Steve Noble

Informed But Not Transformed: The Power of Art in Our Formation (Pt. 2)

Featured image for “Informed But Not Transformed: Critiquing the Banking System of Education (Pt. 1)”
Steve Noble

Informed But Not Transformed: Critiquing the Banking System of Education (Pt. 1)

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Miriam Swanson

The Disruption of Life

Featured image for “2023: A Year In Review”
Missio Alliance

2023: A Year In Review

Featured image for “Politic, Not Party”
Jason Barnhart

Politic, Not Party

Featured image for “Reflectively Listening to a New Year”
Missio Alliance

Chris Kamalski

Reflectively Listening to a New Year

Featured image for “Rachel Weeping for Her Children”
MaryKate Morse

Rachel Weeping for Her Children

Featured image for “Advent: Expressible Joy”
Eun Strawser

Advent: Expressible Joy

Featured image for “Advent: The Nexus of Humility, Justice, and Joy”
Dennis R. Edwards

Advent: The Nexus of Humility, Justice, and Joy

Featured image for “The Church Needs Women’s Lofty Dreams”
Liz Cooledge Jenkins

The Church Needs Women’s Lofty Dreams

Featured image for “Hungry People and Full People”
Oneya Okuwobi

Hungry People and Full People

Featured image for “Holding Vigil: Beneath a Binary Perspective on the Israeli War in Gaza”
Missio Alliance

Jer Swigart

Jon Huckins

Rich Villodas

Lisa Rodriguez-Watson

Holding Vigil: Beneath a Binary Perspective on the Israeli War in Gaza

Featured image for “Empty Nest: How a Ritual Helps Us Process the Losses and Gains of Our Kids Leaving Home”
Amy Davis Abdallah

Empty Nest: How a Ritual Helps Us Process the Losses and Gains of Our Kids Leaving Home

Featured image for “Disrupting Legacies of White Supremacy in the Church”
David Swanson

Disrupting Legacies of White Supremacy in the Church