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A space for reflections and perspectives on the task of forming Christian disciples and leaders.

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

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

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Identity Politics and the False Self

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

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

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

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The Spiritual Practice of Shutting Up

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A Surprisingly Simple Spiritual Discipline for Restoring the Soul

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The Music We Need For Lent

Awakenings / Formation

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

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

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

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What the Government Shutdown Has Taught Us

Awakenings / Culture / Formation / Theology / Witness

14 Dynamic Leaders of Color and Women You Should Know About

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

Culture / Formation / Theology / Witness

Top 20 Articles of 2018 from Missio Alliance

Culture / Formation / Theology / Witness

15 Books from 2018 that Will Get You to #ReadWomen

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How Saint Francis Can Help Save Christmas

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The Dominant Approach to Leadership in the Church and Why Jesus Means to Upend It

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This Advent, Let the Gospel of Luke Reawaken Your Hope

Formation / From Our Partners

Waiting in the Margins: A Daily Advent Resource

Formation / From Our Partners

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

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

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Midterm Elections: Let Us Pray

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

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Everything a Gift: Remembering Eugene Peterson

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

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Repenting As We Go: A 9-Part Podcast Series on Women and Men Leading Together in the Church

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Why Theological Education Must Include Intentional Learning Communities

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

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Four Things I Need to Hear From My Sisters in Christ

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

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Four Ways to Walk in Love as Resurrection People

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Faith Under Construction: The Upside Down Gathering in Chicago

Formation / Global Church

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

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

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7 Questions All Pastors Need to Ask Themselves Post-Hybels

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4 Practices for Discipling Kids Who Live Justly

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

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A Remedy for Your Exhaustion

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Is (Healthy) Cross-Gendered Ministry Even Possible?

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We’ve Gotten Salvation All Wrong: Let’s Reclaim the Heart of Christian Discipleship

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When Ministry Leads to Resentment – What Do You Do?

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Prayer as Liminal Space with Alice Fryling

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Overcoming Scarcity Thinking in Post-Christian Mission (A Lesson from Gandalf)

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Evangelism, Discipleship, and Spiritual Formation: Which is What?

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The Way of the Cross: A Meditative Guide for Holy Week

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The Surprising Power of Those on the Margins (and how it can be abused)

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A Lenten Prayer of Repentance for When We Have Failed Our Neighborhood

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The Defiant Act of Prophetic “Foolishness” in Serious Times

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American Christians: Are We Being Formed by Christ or Capitalism?

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In A World of Enmity, Christ Calls us To Empathy – Here’s What We Have to Know and Do

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What I’m Doing to Kindle My Hope That God is Making All Things New: Will You Join Me?

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A Lenten Journey for Healing Gender Relations

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Self-Awareness and the Enneagram: A Response to Kevin DeYoung

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Why I Needed Women Seminary Professors: A Response to John Piper

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Why John Piper Needs Help from Female Seminary Professors

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Feel Powerless in Your Efforts to Invite Minority Voices? You May be Closer to a Way Forward Than You Think!

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To Leaders in 2018: Why You Must Lead Us in Lament (and How)

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Finding the Strength to Love from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.